Multiple choice

Parachute mechanism of fruit and seed dispersal is due to the structure called

  1. pappus

  2. thorn

  3. corolla

  4. bracts

  5. -

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Explanation

The pappus is the modified calyx, the part of an individual floret that surrounds the base of the corolla tube in flower heads of the plant family Asteraceae. It helps in seed and fruit dispersal.