The DaisyThe English Daisy, also known as the Common Daisy is categorised as a composite flower. The white petals surrounding the yellow centre are the most visible parts to a Daisy, however not the part where the pollination takes place. As part of the female plant, its job is to attract the bees. The bright yellow centre of a daisy is where hundreds of much smaller flowers form a tight circle, known as a Inflorescence. Each of the tiny flowers within the Inflorescence have both male and female reproductive parts. The bee will pick up the pollen as it walks across the Inflorescence.
As the bee moves to and from each flower, it transports pollen between the male and female reproductive organs in the Daisy. As a bee lands on the flower, it gets out the nectar and whilst doing this picks up thousands of tiny pollen grains. As the bee moves around the daisy, it redeposits the tiny pollens into the female stigma from the male anthers. The SeedAfter the daisy has been pollinated, the ovule forms a seed. These daisy seeds are spread from many different factors, such as: 'parachutes', birds (they can get stuck and have to be mechanically removed), in the fur of animals or even everyday human activity can spread these seeds.
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