User:Atcovi/Science/Flower Anatomy

Pistil
Pistil: Female part of the flower. One or more pistils make up the gynoecium.

Stamen
Stamen: Male part of the flower. One or more stamens make up the androecium.

Petal
Petal: Used to attract insects into the flower, may have guidelines. Petals make up the flower's corolla. When petals are fused, they are known as corolla lobes.

Sepal
Sepal: Protect the flower whilst the flower is developing from a bud. Sepals are modified leaves making up the flower's calyx. When sepals are fused, they are known as calyx lobes.

Receptacle
Receptacle: Otherwise known as the torus, the receptacle is the tissue to which the reproductive floral parts, the pistils and the stamens, are attached.

Peduncle
Peduncle: The stalk from which the flower grows.