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What Are the Inner Workings of My Flower?

Detective Le Plant has asked us to look at a flower and come up with ideas of why it has certain features. Take a flower and look at it very closely. Print this page to record your findings. When you're finished, click here to finish solving the mystery!

Type of Flower
Number of Petals
Color of Petals
Shape of Petals
Number of Sepals
Number of Stamens
Number of Pistils
Number of Ovules per Pistil