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Mississippi Wetlands:. Monocots, Dicots, and Flower Anatomy. Monocots vs. Dicots. Seeds Veins Petal number. Monocots. Petals come in multiples of 3. Spider Lily. Mud Plantain. Blue Flag. Dicots. Have petals that come in multiples of 4 5. Yellow Meadowbeauty. Swamp Rose.
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Mississippi Wetlands: Monocots, Dicots, and Flower Anatomy NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Monocots vs. Dicots • Seeds • Veins • Petal number NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Monocots • Petals come in multiples of 3 NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Spider Lily NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Mud Plantain NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Blue Flag NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Dicots • Have petals that come in multiples of • 4 • 5 NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Yellow Meadowbeauty NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Swamp Rose NSF North Mississippi GK-8
White Swamp Azalea NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Sticktight Sunflower NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Flower Anatomy NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Flower Anatomy • Female Parts, the Pistil • Stigma, pollen collector • Style, connects the stigma to the ovary • Ovary, produces the ovules • Male Parts, the Stamen • Anther, pollen sacs • Filament, the stalk of the stamen NSF North Mississippi GK-8
Sources and Acknowledgements • Alden, P. and G. Nelson. 1999. Field guide to the Southeastern States. National Audubon Society. Chanticleer Press. Knopf:New York. • Sarah Hinman, Personal Communication • Lucille McCook and Sula Vanderplank. Pullen Herbarium. University of Mississippi. • USDA, NRCS. 2004. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. Accessed January 31, 2003. • University of Florida. 2001. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Particulars and Photographs. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/irvipic.html.Accessed February 12, 2004. NSF North Mississippi GK-8