EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Number of flower parts–If you count the number of petals, stamens, or other floral parts, you will find that monocot flowers tend to have a number of parts that is divisible by three, usually three or six. Dicot flowers on the other hand, tend to have parts in multiples of four or five (four, five, ten, etc.).

Detailed explanation-2: -Dicots usually have four, five, ten or numerous stamens.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dicots get their names from having two cotyledons instead of one. Dicot flower parts come in multiples of 4 or 5. Count the petals and identify whether they are multiples of 4 or 5! Dicot leafs have veins that are scatter or “netted.” This means they do not follow a pattern.

Detailed explanation-4: -Monocot flowers occur with parts having multiples of three; usually there are three stamen, three petals and three sepals (six tepals), and usually just one stigma.