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Flax flower with pollen

Flax (Phormium tenax) flower with anthers covered by pollen.

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.

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