Make a chart describe floral parts …

Flowers can either be complete or incomplete. Complete flower consists of:

• Petals: This is the brightly colored part which attracts bees, insects, and birds. Colour of petals varies from plant to plant; some are bright while some are pale colored. Thus, petals help us to differentiate one flower from another.

• Sepals: Sepal is the green colored part beneath the petals to protect rising buds. Some flowers have fused petals-sepals but some have separated petals-sepals.

• Stamen: This is the male reproductive organ and consists of two parts namely: anther and filament which are usually yellow. Anther is a sac that produces and stores pollen whereas filament supports the anther.

• Pistil: This is the innermost part of the flowers. The female reproductive organ of a flower comprises of three parts – stigma, style, and ovary which are collectively known as pistil. Stigma is the top most part; style is the long tube which connects stigma to the ovary. The ovary has lots of ovules. It is the part of the plant where the seed formation takes place.

In different plants, the number of petals, sepals, stamens and pistils can vary. Also, all these parts might not present in all plants. Based on this, we can decide whether a flower is complete or incomplete. Depending on the  parts present, flowers are either a male or a female or both.