A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The flower's structure contains the plant's reproductive organs, and its function is to produce seeds. After fertilization, portions of the flower develop into a fruit containing the seeds. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and serve as the primary means by which individuals of a species are dispersed across the landscape.
The grouping of flowers on a plant is called the inflorescence. In addition to serving as the reproductive organs of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans, mainly to beautify their environment but also as a source of food.
The grouping of flowers on a plant is called the inflorescence. In addition to serving as the reproductive organs of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans, mainly to beautify their environment but also as a source of food.
The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male and female gametes in order to produce seeds. The process begins with pollination, is followed by fertilization, and continues with the formation and dispersal of the seed.
~~ Various Flowers (A ~ Z) ~~
Arrowleaf ~ Baby Blue-Eyes ~ Basketflower ~ Beardtongue ~ Bedstraw ~ Black Medic ~ Black-Eyed Susan ~ Bladderpod ~ Blue Cups ~ Blue-Eyed Grass ~ Bluecurls ~ Brown-Eyed Susan ~Bull Thistle ~ Bullnettle ~ Burclover ~ Bush Greenthread ~ Buttercup ~ Butterweed ~ Chervil ~ Chickweed ~ Common Bluebonnet ~ Common Sunflower ~ Cornsalad ~ Cutleaf Primrose ~ Dayflower ~ Dewberry ~ Dock ~ Drummond Phlox ~ Drummond Rainlily ~ Drummond Wild Onion ~ Dwarf Dandelion ~ Dyschoriste ~ Engelmann's Daisy ~ False Onion ~ Fleabane Daisy ~ ~ Fluttermill ~ Gaillardia ~ Germander ~ Giant Rainlily ~ Green-Eyed Daisy ~ Green Milkweed ~ Ground Cherry ~ Hedge Nettle ~ Hedge Parsley ~ Indian Blanket ~ Indian Paintbrush ~ Lawnweed ~ Lazy Daisy ~ Least Daisy ~ Leatherflower ~ Longclaw Goldenwave ~ Loosestrife ~ Low Greenthread ~ Marsh Parsley ~ Medic ~ Mexican Hat ~ Morning Glory ~ Old Plainsman ~ Pasture Phlox ~ Peppergrass ~ Pincushion Daisy ~ Pink Evening Primrose ~ Prairie Brazoria ~ Prairie Clover ~ Prairie Parsley ~ Prickly Poppy ~ Puccoon ~ Purple Woodsorrel ~ Queen Anne's Lace ~ Rattlesnake Flower ~ Rattlesnake Weed ~ Ribbongrass ~ Rosinweed ~ Sandyland Bluebonnet ~ Scarlet Pea ~ Scarlet Pimpernel ~ Scarlet Sage ~ Scribbled Goldenwave ~ Sensitive Vine ~ Shortclaw Goldenwave ~ Skeleton Plant ~ Skullcap ~ Sow Thistle ~ Spiderlily ~ Spiderwort ~ Standing Winecup ~ Sweet William ~ Teas Dandelion ~ Texas Pink ~ Texas Thistle ~ TeÌÌxas Vervain ~ Toadflax ~ Trailing Winecup ~ Venus Looking Glass ~ Violet ~ White Sweetclover ~ Wild Flax ~ Wild Geranium ~ Wild Honeysuckle ~ Wild Indigo ~ Wild Iris ~ Wild Larkspur ~ Wild Lettuce ~ Wild Mustard ~ Wild Onion ~ Wild Tobacco ~ Windflower ~ Yellow Evening Primrose ~ Yellow Sweetclover ~ Yellow Woodsorrel ~ Yellowpuff ~ Zexmenia
