NCERT Notes Class 6: Explain Stigma, Pollen and Stamens

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A typical flowering plant has various structures. These include roots, branches, leves, buds, flowers and fruits.

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Flower The flower is the colourful, beautiful, attractive and reproductive part of the plant.

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Most of the flowering plants have the following parts - sepals, petals, stamens and pistils.

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Stamens are the male parts and the pistil is the female part of a flower.

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Stamens Stamens are the male reproductive parts of a flower that are enclosed by petals.

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Each stamen has a filament. The filament has an anther on its tip. The anther produces a dust-like substance called pollen.

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Pollen Pollen is the yellow coloured dust-like substance produced by anther.

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These pollen grains are transferred to the stigma of the same flower or a different flower during pollination.

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