Poinsettia Flower Anatomy. The female part of the flower pistil is composed of the stigma style and ovary. Unlike the Castor- Bean with its female flowers positioned above its male ones however Poinsettias cram their male and female flowers together inside the cyathium.
The flowers are much reduced each male one consisting of a single stamen while each female flower consists of a single pistil. Neither flower type bears a calyx or corolla. When planting this succulent type in a garden make sure it gets sunlight.
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When you examine the flower clusters of a poinsettia up close you will notice green ovaries nectaries that look like pairs of yellow lips and red stamens and pistils but no petals which is another unusual feature of the. The anther produces pollen. A single female poinsettia flower with stigma style and enlarged ovary can be seen emerging from its involucre cluster of bracts fused together on a thick pedicel stalk. Flowers may also have petals and sepals.