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

Centaurea Solstitialis

9 photos

Yellow Star Thistle blossoms

Yellow Star Thistle blossom detail

Yellow Star Thistles

Yellow Star Thistle blossom detail

Yellow Star Thistle blossom against blue sky

Yellow Star Thistle blossom detail

Yellow Starthistle

Yellow Starthistle blossom detail

Yellow Starthistle blossom detail