Describe the adaptations of a named wind pollinated/ anemophilous flowers
Answer:
-Example is maize/ grass flower;
-The flowers are small with inconspicuous petals, dull coloured bracts or inflorescence;
-They lack nectaries and are not sweet scented; lacking the scent bait to attract insects;
-Have stigma which are large, long, and feathery and hang outside the flowers; to increase the surface area for trapping pollen grains in air;
-Pollen grains are small, light and smooth; and hence can easily be blown by air currents without sticking together;
-The pollen grains are dry; so that they are easily picked up and blown over greater distances by wind;
-Flowers are irregular in shape with male parts exposed; for easy transfer of pollen grains by wind;
-Anthers are large and loosely attached to the filament; so that the slightest air movement can shake them to disperse the pollen grains;