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Did You Rafflesia Arnoldii is the world’s largest flower that grows in the rainforests of
Know? Southeast Asia. It is a huge, bright red flower that does not emit a sweet smell. It is
also known as the “corpse flower” because of its odour of dead flesh.
Different types of flowers
Flowers come in a variety of colours, shapes, sizes, and scents. Some are very
small and some are very big. Some flowers are not attractive. We hardly see them
on plants.
Flowers of rice, wheat, maize and mango are very small and unattractive.
Rice flower Wheat flower
Maize flower Mango flower
Roses, jasmine, zinnias, and sunflowers are bright and attractive flowers. They
have a pleasant smell.
Rose Jasmine Zinnias Sunflower
Sunflower plant produces big flowers. It always faces towards the sun. Sunflower
is not a single flower, it is a bunch of flowers. The sunflower’s central disc contains
several tiny flowers with no petals.
When do the flowers grow?
Most of the plants produce flowers
only in a particular season. They are
called seasonal flowers.
Some plants produce flowers only in
winter like petunia, pansy, daffodil
etc. Petunia Pansy Daffodil
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