The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration by Mindy Lighthipe

Author:Mindy Lighthipe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
Published: 2017-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

Basic Flower Anatomy

A single flower starts at a stalk, the pedicel. The base of the pedicel is where all parts of the flower originate. This is called the receptacle, and the sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels all grow from it.

The sepals come first, followed by the petals, the stamens, and finally the carpels. If you examine a flower in its immature stage—as a bud—you can peel off each layer of the receptacle to reveal the underlying layers.

Together, sepals and petals are called the perianth. As a group, the petals are called the corolla. The stamens are the male reproductive parts of the flower and consist of a stalk (the filament) and an anther, which holds the pollen. The carpel is the female reproductive part and consists of one or more egg cells, which are enclosed within an ovary. The outside of the carpel consists of a style, and at the end of the style is the stigma. This is the general vocabulary of the various parts; the configuration or arrangement of these parts varies from species to species.

Anatomy of a Flower

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