Flower Bouquet
Colorful Flowers
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. When pollen from the anther of a flower is deposited on the stigma, this is called pollination. Some flowers may self-pollinate, producing seed using pollen from the same flower or a different flower of the same plant, but others have mechanisms to prevent self-pollination and rely on cross-pollination when pollen is transferred from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower on a different individual of the same species.
Most flowering plants depend on animals, such as bees, moths, and butterflies, to transfer their pollen between different flowers, and have evolved to attract these pollinators by various strategies, including brightly colored, conspicuous petals, attractive scents, and the production of nectar, a food source for pollinators.