Science DiY - Foxglove Fruit

When the foxgloves ovules have been fertilized, the pretty petals have done their job. The ovules develop into seeds and the ovary grows into a fruit big enough to accomodate them. If you look carefully you can see the shrivelled up stigma sticking out of the top of the fruit. At the bottom of the fruit are the sepals. These protected the flower before it emerged from the flower bud. Eventually the seeds will be shaken from the fruit when it is blown around by the wind - a little like we shake pepper from a pepper pot. The seeds are so tiny they get blown away by the wind - they are wind dispersed.




	When the foxgloves ovules have been fertilized, the pretty petals have done their job. The ovules develop into seeds and the ovary grows into a fruit big enough to accomodate them. If you look carefully you can see the shrivelled up stigma sticking out of the top of the fruit. At the bottom of the fruit are the sepals. These protected the flower before it emerged from the flower bud. Eventually the seeds will be shaken from the fruit when it is blown around by the wind - a little like we shake pepper from a pepper pot. The seeds are so tiny they get blown away by the wind - they are wind dispersed.
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