Question

Study the three flowers (a), (b) and (c) in the following figure. Then answer the questions.

Which is the only self pollinating flower.

Answer 1

Self pollination:

1. When pollen grains are transferred from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, such flowers are called self pollinating flowers.
2. The flower where both the anther and stigma is present in the same flower, self pollination takes place.
3. Figure (a) represents the self pollinating flower.

Cross pollination:

1. The transfer of pollen grains from anthers of a flower of a one plant to the stigma of a flower of another plant of same type(species) is called cross pollination.
2. Figure (b) and figure (c) represents the cross pollinating flowers.

Final answer: Flower (a) is a self pollinating flower.