Flower Parts

The pistil has three parts. The stigma is at the top and it leads to a tube called the style. At the bottom of the style is a tiny chamber called an ovary. The stamen has two parts - the filament and the anther.

The graphic above shows the outer parts of a flower. The cross section at right shows the parts usually surrounded by the petals.

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