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May 27, 2022 - 08:43 AM
The only way to really tell is with a flowering plant and a good eye (or a good pair of glasses). Female plants will produce flowers that have a large stigma. The stigma is the portion of the flower that collects pollen from a pollinator. In Euphorbia obesa, this stigma has three lobes and, of coarse, no stamen. The picture below may explain better than these words.
The male flower, in contrast, contains many stamen. These stamen appear like long branches that have two orbs at their tips. These produce pollen to be picked up by a pollinator. Male flowers produce many of these stamen. The picture below is of male flowers that aren't quite open but they're open enough to see some of the stamen.
The male flower, in contrast, contains many stamen. These stamen appear like long branches that have two orbs at their tips. These produce pollen to be picked up by a pollinator. Male flowers produce many of these stamen. The picture below is of male flowers that aren't quite open but they're open enough to see some of the stamen.
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