The serrated orange spheres in this image are pollen grains, snug within the anther of a chicory flower. According to European folklore, chicory flowers can open locked doors or grant their possessor ...

Stigma The top of the female part of the flower which collects pollen grains. self pollination - pollen from an anther of the same flower or same plant arrives at the stigma of the flower.

are almost compelled to be the involuntary agents in the transmission of the pollen from the anther to the stigma in a different flower of the same species. In almost all cases, however ...