You are enjoying a stroll in the botanical gardens. You notice a plant with a beautiful flower. Upon closer inspection you find that the flower has a pistil but no stamens. You look at several more flowers on the same plant, but you are unable to find any that have stamens. This plant is _______ and its flowers are _______.

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The plant has flowers with only pistil and no stamen, indicating that they are imperfect flowers. As no staminate flowers can be found on the plant, it must be dioecious. Thus, the correct choice is D - dioecious; imperfect.

You Are Enjoying a Stroll in the Botanical Gardens