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Parts of a
Flower

by Candice Ransom

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ransom, Candice F., 1952
Parts of a flower / by Candice Ransom.
pages cm. (First step nonfiction. Pollination)
Includes index.
ISBN 9781467757393 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN 9781467762267 (eBook)
1. FlowersAnatomyJuvenile literature. 2. FlowersJuvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series:
First step nonfiction. Pollination.
QK653.R36 2015
581dc23 2014014780

Manufactured in the United States of America
1 CG 12/31/14

Table of Contents

Plants Have Parts

Look at this flowering plant.

Leaves are one
part of a plant.

All plants have many parts.

Plants take in water
through roots.

Roots hold a plant in the
ground.

This plant has
thick stems.

Stems keep plants upright.

Theres a flower peeking
out of this bud!

Buds open into leaves and
flowers.

Close- Up on Flowers

Flowers are very important
parts of plants. Lets give
them a closer look.

This flower has
bright purple petals.

Flowers have many parts of
their own. All flowers have
petals.

Most flowers have both male
and female parts. These
parts help make new plants.

This part of the
flower is male.

This part of
the flower
is female.

carpel

ovary

The female part of the
flower is the carpel. It
holds eggs in its ovary.

pollen

stamen

The male part of the flower
is the stamen. Pollen
gathers on the stamen.

These seeds came
from a sunflower.

What do all these parts
do? They make seeds!

How Flower Parts Make Seeds

pollen

These apple blossoms have
yellow pollen on the stamen.

Flowers start making seeds
when pollen moves from
the stamen to the carpel.

Bees help pollinate apple
blossoms. These flowers
make fruit and seeds.

Pollen can get on the carpel
with the help of insects such
as bees. Bees are pollinators.

This bee is carrying
pollen on its legs.

A bee flies from flower to
flower gathering pollen. It
stores pollen on its body.

Pollen on the bees
legs touches this apple
blossoms carpel.

The pollen carried by the
bee can rub off on the
flowers carpel.

An apple blossom will
make fruit and seeds
when it is pollinated.

The pollen will join with
eggs inside the ovary to
make seeds.

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