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Production of pollen sacs instead of pollen grains and of non-toxic nectar and pollen is the milkweed flower's adaptation. The plant in question (Asclepias) offers beneficial insects -- such as bumble bees (Bomba) and Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) -- nectar which is free of the bitter, off-putting, toxic alkaloids and carotenolids in all other body parts and pollen which easily attaches to feet and mouthparts if the consumer is a pollinator and which traps if not. The five petals and the five pollen sac-filled slits thereby work to feed only those visitors with pollination on their agenda.
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