Did you know that peanuts have flowers?
Yes, they do have flowers. Yellow flowers appear around the lower part of the plant about 40 days after planting. When the flowers pollinate themselves, the petals fall off as the peanut ovary begins to form. There is a budding ovary on the plant. This budding ovary is called a “peg.” The peg grows down and away from the plant forming a small stem which extends to the soil. The peanut embryo is in the tip of the peg, which penetrates the soil.
