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

Eriogonum sphaerocephalum; Artemisia tripartita

Eriogonum sphaerocephalum; Artemisia tripartita

ID: 0604118
Round-headed Desert Buckwheat, Threetip Sagebrush at edge of dry watercourse
Lincoln Co., Wilson Cr. BLM, WA
June 25, 2006
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