pistil: Quick Facts

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Pistil and stamens

Diagram showing the reproductive process in flowering plants, from pollen transfer on the anther to the stigma, fertilization inside the ovary, seed formation, and growth of a seedling. Key parts like pistil, stamen, pollen grain, and seed embryo are labeled.

Close-up of a passion-flower blossom (Passiflora) with five pink petals, five sepals, a fringed purple corona, yellow-green stamens, ovary, and three styles at the center.

Rose of Sharon (Hypericum calycinum)

floral diagrams

A diagram showing a bee collecting pollen from the stamen of one yellow flower, then flying to another flower of the same type and depositing pollen onto its pistil, illustrating cross-pollination in angiosperms.

Self-pollination

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