Flowering plants
These plants make flowers, which become fruits with seeds inside. Examples: apple trees, sunflowers, roses, tomato plants.
Non-flowering plants
These plants never grow flowers. Instead they reproduce using spores or cones. Examples: ferns, mosses, and pine trees (cones).
Why flowers matter
Flowers are a plant's way of making seeds. Without flowers, most of the fruits and vegetables we eat wouldn't exist!
🔑 Key Terms
- Flowering plant
- A plant that grows flowers, which turn into fruits with seeds.
- Non-flowering plant
- A plant that reproduces without flowers, using spores or cones.
- Spore
- A tiny cell that some plants (like ferns) use to grow new plants.
Did you know?
The world's largest flower, the Rafflesia, can be 1 metre wide — and smells like rotten meat to attract flies!
Try it at home: Garden detective
- Walk around your garden or a park.
- Find 3 flowering plants and 3 non-flowering plants.
- Draw them in a notebook and label each one.