what is the function of a petal?
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It is almost always for attracting pollenators, but it can have a few more uses to a plant. It can even imitate the shape and colour of a pollenator insect (and attract others of the same insect). Or the colour may be very showy to pollenators - insects or birds. Birds see flowers in the same colours as we do (more or less). But insects are said to have all their colours shifted in such a way that white and yellow flowers are most attractive to them. This partly explains why there are so many white and yellow flowers. Insects use part of the infrared spectrum to see, and that part is mostly invisible to us (non-insects). So they are seeing different colours than we do.\nAlso, some flowers use their petals to guide pollenators to a convenient position to put the pollen on their head. The pollenators are usually just visiting to get a meal of nectar (juice provided by the plant). Hummingbirds go to Hibiscus plants to get nectar, and the petals help direct them to put their bills in the right place (while the other flower parts drop pollen on the birds' heads, and try to get any pollen from other plants of the same species that the bird visited). And the orchid genus Habenaria uses its complicated orchid petals to drop big balls of pollen on mosquitoes' heads
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Butterflies...They help pollinate plants
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Parts of a flower:\n- carpel, female; stigma, style & ovary;\n- stamen, male; anther & filament;\n- calyx, flower bud protection; sepals;\n- corolla; PETALS & nectaries (if present).\n\n'Petals' is a  scientific name, they form part of the corolla.\nLook here:
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They all fall off, execept for the developing contents of the embryo.  This ensures it's protection--potential predators are no longer attracted by the flower.
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Is this a serious question? And I'd like to know how enzyme304 plucks the petals off those daisies! Start by blowing some of them up, tying them together with a ribbon like a BIG bouquet, than pop them with a pin and see what you wind up with. LMAO here! Lol! I don't know! Go with the flow, be creative! It could work!
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First, the cell wall's function is to protect the plant cell.\nCell membrane - protects inner components of the cell from the outer environment. The rest are describe in the following website which you can go to.
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LIPIDS:\nOne function for Lipids is that of Energy storage. Lipids contain a lot of calories in a small space. Since Lipids are generally insoluble in polar substances such as water, they are stored in special ways in you body's cells. Lipids can also function as structural components in the cell. Phospholipids are the major building blocks of cell membranes. Lipids are also used as hormones that play roles in regulating our Physiology (metabolism). \n\nCARBOHYDRATES:\nThe main function of carbohydrates is to provide energy, but they also play an important role in the structure and function of the body organs and nerve cells \n\nPROTEINS:\nProteins have many functions. They serve as enzymatic catalysts, are used as transport molecules (hemoglobin transports oxygen) and storage molecules (iron is stored in the liver as a complex with the protein ferritin); they are used in movement (proteins are the major component of muscles); they are needed for mechanical support (skin and bone contain collagen-a fibrous protein); they mediate cell responses (rhodopsin is a protein in the eye which is used for  vision); antibody proteins are needed for immune protection; control of growth and cell differentiation uses proteins (hormones).  These are just a few examples of the many, many functions of proteins.
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u will get all the information u need on botony frm the below link\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower#Flower_anatomy
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Thorns Spines and Prickles have only one thing in common viz. they are all very sharp pointed and helpful as a defense mechanism.\n\n Now let us see the differences ( All Botanical)\n\n1) Spines = these are all modified LEAVES; i.e. the leaves are turned in to or reduced to spines. Very good example is Cactus. In all cacti the stem does the function of photosynthesis (Phylloclade) and the leaves are turned in to spines to reduce the rate of transpiration and also act as defense mechanism against animals.They are seen at the node where a leaf is expected\n\n2) Thorns = These are all modified branches ( i.e. stem modification). They either develop from terminal or axillary buds.. They are also used for defense.They are seen only at the node of the plant.They are endogenous in origin i.e. from the vascular tissue.Examples are Pomegranate, Bougainvillea\n\n3) Prickles = These are NOT modifications of any existing organ of a plant. They are entirely new organs ( "Organa de novo" as said in Latin).They are found any where and indiscriminately on the plant( Stem , leaves ) . They are exogenous in origin ( develop from epidermal tissue only). Therefore they break off easily. Rose is an excellent example.
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Answers provided so far a basically correct except they have the primary functions of xylem and phloem reversed. See links below.
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the flower is what separates it from other plants, attracting birds and insects to pollenate the plant. however the plant requires all of its "parts" for survival, eg leaves with chlorophyll for photosynthesis, roots for water and ion uptake, and the stem with the xylem and phloem for water nutrient transport. so, no part is superior to another, but the flower appears to be the most "advanced" part.
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I love flowers... but the way they are presented is the key. I like them to be unexpected... like showing up to my job and giving them to me. And it doesn't have to be alot of flowers... a single rose that just says I'm thinking of you is very sexy!
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There are ornamental plants, like the one's used for decorating inside the house and outside. There are also plants that have flowers, such as roses, water lilies, sunflowers, hibiscus, etc.
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The leaves of a plant play an important role in the plant. The leaves capture sunlight and use it along with carbon dioxide to produce food for the plant. Tthe process gives off oxygen. The leaves also store the food for future uses. The leaves have stomata for the escape of the not needed oxygen.
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In biology, an organ (Latin: organum, "instrument, tool") is a group of tissues that perform a specific function or group of functions. Usually there is a main tissue and sporadic tissues. The main tissue is the one that is unique for the specific organ. For example, main tissue in the heart is the myocardium, while sporadic are the nervous, blood, connective etc. (Wikipedia.org)\n\nIn zootomy and dermatology, skin is an organ of the integumentary system made up of multiple layers of epithelial tissues that guard underlying muscles and organs. As the interface with the surroundings, it plays the most important role in protecting against pathogens. Its other main functions are insulation and temperature regulation, sensation and vitamin D and B synthesis. Skin is considered one of the most important parts of the body.(Wikipedia.org)\n\nPretty much the skin is considered an organ because it is a group of tissues speciallizing in a certain task / tasks. For example the skin regulates temperature by using the sweat glands to produce sweat - sweat evaporates and cools the body.
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Carnations.  My husband would bring me flowers every Friday after work.  We couldn't afford roses back then.  So each week he would just get a different color which made it a new flower every time.
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A heart is a pumping station, circulating blood is its main function. The idea is to utilize its throbs,synchronise God's name within. The constant repetition of God's name produces God's light. The heart,being a pumping station circulates the Light-oriented blood all over the body. As a result of thisnot only does the heart get enlightened but also the whole body.