Latin Common

Genus

Red Yellow White Blue Orange Green / Brown

3 or 6 petals 4 petals 5 irregular petals 5 symmetrical petals (ovary superior) 5 symmetrical petals (ovary inferior) 5 irregular petals forming a tube 5 symmetrical petals forming a tube 5 petals joined into a bell

All composites Anthemis tribe Aster tribe Chicory tribe Thistle tribe Thoroughwort tribe Sunflower tribe Everlasting tribe Senecio tribe

Many petals No obvious petals

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Turner Photographics - Wildflowers

Broomrape

Boschniakia strobilacea

Boschniakia strobilacea

California ground-cone

Orobanche fasciculata

Orobanche fasciculata

clustered broomrape

Orobanche pinorum

Orobanche pinorum

pine broomrape

Orobanche uniflora

Orobanche uniflora

naked broomrape