Question

Small-sized sessile flower is-
A. Incomplete
B. Floret
C. Imperfect
D. Translator

Answer 1

Hint: Sessile flowers are considered as those flowers which do not have a pedicel. They may be present solitary or in an inflorescence. Sessile flowers are present in Spike and spadix inflorescences. Examples of sessile flowers that are found in India are Chaff flower, saffron, etc.

Complete answer:
- Sessility (meaning sitting) is a characteristic of plant parts without a stalk.
- Flowers are derived directly from the stem or peduncle and thus lack a pedicel. The leaves of most monocotyledons (having one cotyledon) lack petioles.
- Examples include Achyranthes, Saffron, etc.
- Plant parts are also described as subsessile in some cases.
- The small-sized sessile flowers that collectively form a composite flower in the case of the family Asteraceae are called florets. Such a type of flower is referred to as a head or capitulum. A flower not belonging to an inflorescence is called a solitary flower and its stalk is referred to as a peduncle.
- In an inflorescence, any flower may be referred to as a floret, specifically when the individual flowers are particularly small and arranged in a tight cluster, for example, a pseudanthium.

> Incomplete flowers- It is defined as a flower missing any of its parts, i. e. petals, sepals, stamens, or pistils.
> Imperfect flowers indicate those flowers that lack either stamens or pistils. Those which bear only pistils are called pistillate flowers and those that bear only stamens are called staminate flowers.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: An inflorescence is defined as a cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of the main branch or a mixed arrangement of branches.
Plants possessing individual imperfect male and female flowers on one plant are referred to as "monoecious". When the flowers are on different plants they are referred to as "dioecious".