Disc floret, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This floret (true flower) is found in the central (disc) region of the flower head of a comp

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Disc floret, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This floret (true flower) is found in the central (disc) region of the flower head of a compound flower. Attached are pollen grains (yellow), each containing a male gamete (reproductive cell) that is intended to fertilise an egg or ovule (female gamete). This will initiate the formation of a seed for a new plant.

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Photo credit: © DR PHILIPPA UWINS, WHISTLER RESEARCH PTY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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