![Flax (Phormium tenax) flower with anthers covered by pollen.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/000/071/full/Flax-flower-with-pollen20150806-30610-11n518a.jpg?1674163658)
Flax (Phormium tenax) flower with anthers covered by pollen. The male anthers and their pollen appear in a flax flower about a week before the female stigma, to reduce the chance of self-fertilisation.
Flax (Phormium tenax) flower with anthers covered by pollen. The male anthers and their pollen appear in a flax flower about a week before the female stigma, to reduce the chance of self-fertilisation.