Test your strawberry flower anatomy skills (Part 1 of 3)

A: PETAL. Most flowers of most varieties have 5 or 6 petals per flower. Together the petals form the COROLLA. The petals help to attract pollinators to the pollen.
B: STAMEN. This is the male part of the flower comprised of the ANTHER and FILAMENT (see C and D).
C: ANTHER. Pollen is produced and shed here and travels a short distance to the PISTIL.
D: FILAMENT. The stalk which bears the anther.
E: RECEPTACLE. This will become the “fruit” we eat. It’s covered with PISTILS which look like tiny fingers.
F: PISTIL. This is the female part of the flower comprised of the STIGMA, STYLE and OVARY. It receives the pollen which germinates at the tip/STIGMA and sends a germ tube down the STYLE to fertilize the OVARY at the base of the pistil. The ovary becomes one of the seeds/achenes which pock the surface of the “fruit.”


Strawberry flowers are "perfect" and "self-fertile" and just a little breeze or vibration is all that is needed to move the pollen from the anthers to the stigma; no bees are necessary in outdoor environments. In contrast, in indoor environments (e.g., greenhouses), bees are used to pollinate flowers.

Watch our short video narrated by Center students Gabrielle Brocker and Sarah Herring to learn more about strawberry plant anatomy!
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