Flower structure diagram
Use these diagrams to identify the structure and name different parts of a typical flower.
Learning objectives:
- Name the different parts of a flower
- Explain the function of each part of a flower
- Recognise the structures of different flowers
- Draw and label a flower and its parts correctly
Curriculum links:
- Science: Identify and describe the parts of a flower and their functions
- Geography: Explore how different environments affect the growth of flowering plants
- Maths: Measure and record the size and growth of flowers over time
- Art and Design: Draw detailed diagrams of flower structures
- English: Use scientific vocabulary to write descriptions and explanations of flower parts
Key vocabulary
Images
Parts of the flower
- Petal: brightly coloured to attract pollinators
- Stigma: sits at the top of the carpel and is where pollen is captured. It is often sticky so that the pollen can be caught
- Style: the tube that pollen travels down to the ovary, joining the ovary to the stigma
- Ovary: produces and contains unfertilised seeds
- Anther: pollen is produced here which is usually yellow and can be seen on the underside of pollinators after they have visited the flower
- Filament: the tube that holds up the anther so that it is accessible for pollinators to reach or for the wind to blow the pollen
- Sepal: leaf like protective cover that protects the flower when it starts to bud
- Receptacle: the base of the flower that supports the weight of the whole flower structure and attached it to the plant stem
- Stamen: the male reproductive part of the flower that is made up of the Anther and filament
- Carpel: the female reproductive part of the flower that is made up of the stigma, style and ovary
Next steps
- Use this blank diagram to see if your pupils can remember the different parts of a flower
- Look for differences in a variety of plants. This could be in observing leaf shape, colour, texture, shape and size of flowers and types of roots
- Think about where the plant likes to grow - is this reflected in the structure?
- Observe whether flowers are visited by any flying insects to pollinate them. Use our pollinators identification guide to see who is visiting