Self-pollination transfers pollen within one plant, either within a flower or between its flowers. It describes the transfer step, whereas self-fertilization requires successful fusion of gametes from the same individual.
A self-incompatibility system can prevent a self-pollination from yielding successful fertilization. Observing pollen on a stigma therefore does not by itself establish which parent produced a later seed.
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