While looking at a flower in your garden, you notice that it has carpels with very long styles, and stamens with very short filaments. This plant is most likely to reproduce by ________.
A) cross-pollination
B) selfing
C) asexual reproduction
D) vegetative reproduction

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The long styles suggest that the flower is adapted to receive pollen from a different plant, while the short filaments suggest that it is not effectively dispersing its own pollen. Therefore, cross-pollination is the most likely mode of reproduction for this plant.

While Looking at a Flower in Your Garden, You Notice