description=This rare view of daisy pollen was captured by a scanning electron microscope (4200 times magnification). Daisies propagate when pollen from the anther (male) meets the stigma of the pistil (female). The sticky spikes on this daisy pollen are covered with a protein that recognizes a matching protein on a female. Many flowers rely on the wind or animals to deliver pollen from one plant to another of the same species. This is known as cross-pollination.ìÄ
