Description

A flower, sometimes known as a bloomorblossom, is the reproductive structure found in floweringplants(plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also calledangiosperms)

The biological function of a flower is to effectreproduction,usually by providing a mechanism for the union ofsperm witheggs

Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggsfromdifferent individuals in a population) or allow selfing(fusion ofsperm and egg from the same flower)

Some flowers produce diaspores withoutfertilization(parthenocarpy)

Flowers contain sporangia and are the site wheregametophytesdevelop

Flowers give rise to fruit and seeds

Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so astocause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen