The normal flower has three basic functions:
1. It provides a platform for the sexual reproductive system of the plant (androecium - male and gynoecium - female) - both monoecious and diecious flowers. Within the flower pollen and ovules are produced normally through the process of meiosis.
Pollination takes place and ovules form into seeds, with the swollen ovary normally forming into a fruit (or seed pod). Flowers are a feature normally associated with angiosperms, and cones characteristic of gymnosperms.
2. It provides a mechanism to attract pollinators to facilitate pollination (petals) - monoecious flowers and diecious flowers. Flowers provide a visual attractant to many pollinators (insects, birds, animals etc.), this is also sometimes in conjunction with a scented attractant such as nectar. These sensory "lures" attract insects which then transfer pollen between the flowers and facilitate pollination (either cross pollination or self pollination).
3. It provides a platform for fertilized ovules to develop and be distributed as fruit and seeds - monoecious flowers and female diecious flowers only.
Monoecious = having both sexes (male and female) on the same flower
Diecious = having separate sexed flowers (male flowers and female flowers)
The green leaves surrounding the bottom of the flower, known as sepals, serve to protect the flower bud before it blooms. They also provide support for the petals once the flower opens and help attract pollinators towards the flower.
The sepals protect the tender parts of the flower in the unopened flower.
The stamen is the male reproductive part of the flower and it consists of the filament and the anther. The filament is a structure that attaches to the base of the flower and supports the anther. This structure produces pollen.
The stamen produces pollen, which house the flower's male sex cells. This pollen then travels to the pistil, where it germinates into a seed.
produce ovulesThe ovaries in a flower have the same function as ovaries in animals and people -- to produce eggs (the female sex cell). In flowers, the female sex cells aren't called eggs, though, they are called ovules.
it controls the flower
it is a male part in the flower
it is a male part in the flower
It protects the flower bud.
Sepals protect the flower whilst the flower is developing from a bud.
The corolla is the collective term for the petals of a flower. Therefore the function is to attract insects for pollination.
The function of a flower is to attract things and animals that pollinate then so they can aid in the fertilization of the plants seeds.
The sepals protect the tender parts of the flower in the unopened flower.
The sepals protect the tender parts of the flower in the unopened flower.
The sepals protect the tender parts of the flower in the unopened flower.
The sepals protect the tender parts of the flower in the unopened flower.
The sepals protect the tender parts of the flower in the unopened flower.