The reproductive parts of a flower are actually the most important parts of a flower. A flower usually reproduces by creating seeds that are then dispersed and eventually become new plants. The pistil is usually found in the center of the flower, and is essentially a home for the ovules, or eggs. A pistil has three parts: a sticky part at the top called a stigma, the thin tube leading downward called a style, and the sac at the bottom called an ovary.

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What are the male and female parts of a plant?
The female part of the plant is the pistil, and the male part of the plant is the stamen. The pistil includes the ovary, the style and the stigma. The stamen consists of the anther and a filament. Pollen consists of male reproductive cells. Flowers are the reproductive structures of flowering plants. The pistil is bowling-pin shaped and found in the center of the flower. The stigma receives the pollen, the style is connective tissues between the stigma and ovary.


Do Plants Have Sexes?
Learn which plants thrive in your Hardiness Zone with our new interactive map! At first glance, it may appear that all of the flowers on your pumpkin plant are the same. A closer inspection reveals distinct differences between the female flowers and the male flowers. Being able to detect the differences will be especially important if you plan to pollinate the flowers by hand. Look for the flowers with the long and thin stalks.



Minus bad pickup lines, one-night stands, and other social complexities, plants actually do have sex. Most plants sprout bisexual flowers which have both male and female parts , but plants like squash grow separate male and female flowers — still others have both bisexual and single-sex flowers. And, as evolutionary biologists have recently discovered, plants with male and bisexual flowers produce more seeds. So how do flowering plants do it?