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

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Turner Photographics - Wildflowers

Valeriana Sitchensis

16 photos

Sitka Valerian blossoms & foliage detail

Sitka Valerian

Sitka Valerian

Steep subalpine meadow w/ Sitka Valerian, Towering Lousewort, Green Corn Lilies

Sitka Valerian & Broadleaf Lupines along High Pass Trail toward Mt. Larrabee bkgnd

Sitka Valerian & Broadleaf Lupines along High Pass Trail toward Mt. Larrabee bkgnd

Sitka Valerian & Lewis' Monkeyflowers in meadow above High Pass Trail toward Mt. Larrabee bkgnd

Sitka Valerian & Broadleaf Lupines along High Pass Trail toward Mt. Larrabee bkgnd

Sitka Valerian w/ Hidden Lake Peaks ridge bkgnd

Sitka Valerian backlit w/ view to Cascade River bkgnd

Sitka Valerian flower buds

Sitka Valerian, Green Corn Lilies, American Bistort in subalpine meadow

Sitka Valerian, Green Corn Lilies, American Bistort in subalpine meadow

Sitka Valerian, in seed, among Mapleleaf Currant foliage

Sitka Valerian, in seed, among Mapleleaf Currant foliage

Sitka Valerian, in seed, on talus boulders