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The Hydnora africana has no leaves or stem.
Great!
Which plant looks like a hungry mouth?
Hydnora Africana.
Complete the blank: These plants use birds and insects as ______.
pollinators
What is inside the Hydnora Africana that stinks? White birds/Nothing/White hairs
White hair.
Active to Passive: The smell attracts insects.
Insects are attracted to the smell.
Passive to Active: The insect is trapped inside the flower by stiff hairs.
Stiff hairs trap the insect inside the flower.
The insect eats the white stuff to survive. Pollen sticks to the insect.
Great!
A few days later, the flower opens and the insect is free.
Brilliant!
Then it takes the pollen to another flower. The flower has done its job!
Great job!
What is the other name for the white baneberry?
Doll's eyes.
What does the white baneberry's fruits look like?
They look like eyes on blood-red stems!
Read: It is round and white and has a black dot. Birds eat the fruit and spread the seeds.
Fantastic!
Which animal does the white baneberry use as a pollinator?
Birds
Unscrumble the word: TENTRUSNI
NUTRIENTS
How is the white baneberry harmful to people?
It's poisonous to people.
What happens to people is they touch the white baneberry?
They will get blisters.
