1.1 Morphological features of flowering plants


 Morphological features of flowering plants

Flowers and fruits naturally come to our mind when we state about plants. Do all plants produce flowers? Pay your attention to the ornamental plants in the garden given in Figure 1.1.

                  

You can observe plants with flowers and without flowers. There are different varieties of plants in our environment. Engage in Activity 1.1 to find out whether all the trees bear flowers




Now, it is clear to you that there are plants which produce flowers and that do not produce flowers in our environment. Plants which produce flowers are called flowering plants and plants which do not produce flowers are called non flowering plants




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