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Characteristics of Flowers
Insect
Pollinated
Wind
Pollinated
Sweet nectar
No nectar or scent
Large, sticky pollen​


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Answer:

Wind-pollinated flowers are typically:

  • No bright colors, special odors, or nectar
  • Small
  • Most have no petals
  • Stamens and stigmas exposed to air currents
  • Large amount of pollen
  • Pollen smooth, light, easily airborne
  • Stigma feathery to catch pollen from wind
  • May have staminate and pistillate flowers, may be monoecious or dioecious
  • Usually single-seeded fruits, such as oak, grass, birch, poplar, hazel, dock, cat-tail, plantain, and papyrus