Term:
Flowering plant
Flowering plant
Definition:
A plant whose seeds are borne within a fruit derived from a carpel or carpels.
A plant whose seeds are borne within a fruit derived from a carpel or carpels.
Glossary Details:
Title: Flower of Chamerion angustifolium. Photo by C. A. Gracie.
Description: Apical view of a flower of Chamerion angustifolium based on Mori et al. 27493 from Essex Co., New York. Note that the filaments have wilted and that the stigma seems to be receptiive, indicating that the plant is protandrous. This is an angiosperm or flowering plant.