How do flowering plants without bright and colourful petals pollinate?

By wind

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By insects

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Solution

The correct option is A
By wind

Pollination takes place by wind in those plants which do not have bright and colourful petals. e.g Dandelion

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How do flowering plants without bright and colourful petals pollinate?

The correct option is A By wind Pollination takes place by wind in those plants which do not have bright and colourful petals. e.g Dandelion

The correct option is A
By wind

Pollination takes place by wind in those plants which do not have bright and colourful petals. e.g Dandelion