Plants that produce seeds not protected by fruit

Plants that complete their life cycle in one year (or one season)

Plants with one seed leaf

Photosynthesis

Transports water and minerals from the roots

"Naked Seeds"

Plants that complete their life cycle in two growing seasons

Plants with two seed leaves

The chemical process converting sunlight into energy and food for the plant

The outermost part of a flower that protects the unopened flower and supports the petlas when it blooms

Plants that produce flowers and seeds enclosed in fruits

Carrot, Parsley, Onion, Cabbage, Hollyhock, and Black-eyed Susan

Single Cotyledon

The process of plants using stored water

Attract insects and birds for pollination; usually conspicuously colored

Monocots and Dicots

Plants that produce for more than two years or growing seasons

Fibrous Roots

The movement and loss of water through evaporation

Plants that have male and female flowers on the same plant

An embryonic leaf which becomes the seed leaf

Herbaceous: Plants that have soft stems that are killed by frost
Woody: Plants with hardy stems that can survive winter frost

Almond tree, Beans, Legumes, Cabbage, and Cactus

When a plant absorbs water in its roots

Flowers that lack one of the four main parts