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Complete Flowers

By Janice VanCleave

A complete flower has these four basic parts:

The carpel is the bottle -shaped structure in the center of the flower. Its top opening is called a stigma, followed by its neck (style) and rounded bottom (ovule).

Stamen

Petals surround and protect the carpel and stamen.

Sepals are leaf-like structures that surround and protect the petals before the flower opens.

An incomplete flower lacks one or more of the four basic flower parts.

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