Mississippi Wetlands:
Monocots, Dicots,
and Flower Anatomy
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Monocots vs. Dicots
Seeds
Veins
Petal
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Monocots
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Petals come in multiples of 3
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Spider Lily
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Mud Plantain
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Blue Flag
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Dicots
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Have petals that come in multiples of
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4
5
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Yellow Meadowbeauty
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Swamp Rose
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White Swamp Azalea
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Sticktight Sunflower
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Flower Anatomy
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Flower Anatomy
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Female Parts, the Pistil
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Stigma, pollen collector
Style, connects the stigma to the ovary
Ovary, produces the ovules
Male Parts, the Stamen
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Anther, pollen sacs
Filament, the stalk of the stamen
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Sources and Acknowledgements
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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.
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