Eli5: Why do some plants flower briefly before growing vegetables? Do some flowers have vegetables we don’t eat?

Question

Eli5: Why do some plants flower briefly before growing vegetables? Do some flowers have vegetables we don’t eat?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Flowering is just part of a plants reproductive cylce.

The vegetables you eat that are produced by the flower are fruits, you’re eating the fruiting body of that plant. Things like cucumbers and squash.

We eat other vegetables that do not come from the fruiting body of the plant, things like celery, carrots, leeks.