A flower is a part of a plant. Flowers are also called the bloom
or blossom of a plant. It sometimes has a stem – a thin pipe –
to support the flower. Flowers have petals. The flower contains
the part that produces seeds. In many plants, a flower is its
most colourful part. We say the plant 'flowers', 'is flowering'
or 'is in flower' when this colourful part begins to grow bigger
and open out. There are many different kinds of flowers in
different areas in the world. Even in the coldest places, for
example the Arctic, flowers can grow during a few months.
Structure of flowers [change] In botany, flowers are the key
evolutionary advance made by flowering plants. To investigate
the structure of a flower, it must be dissected, examined under
a binocular microscope, and its structure summarised by a floral
diagram or a floral formula. Then its family can be identified
with the aid of a flora, which is a book designed to help you
identify plants. Flowers contain the reproductive organs of a
plant. Some flowers are