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

Illinois River Valley near O'Brien, Oregon

April 19, 2003

The back roads off US 199 near O'Brien lead to a number of interesting plants.

Yellow Puccoon (California Stoneseed)

Yellow Puccoon (California Stoneseed)

Yellow Puccoon (California Stoneseed)

Serpentine Arnica

Serpentine Arnica blossom & foliage detail

Brook Trilliums

Brook Trilliums

Bog White Violet

Oregon Anemone (white form)

Koehler's Rockcress

Koehler's Rockcress blossoms detail

Koehler's Rockcress

Yolla Bolly Bedstraw

Yolla Bolly Bedstraw blossoms & foliage detail

Yerba de Selva (Whipplevine)

Cream Fawn Lily

Cream Fawn Lily

Oregon Bleeding Heart blossoms & foliage detail

Oregon Bleeding Heart blossoms & foliage

Oregon Bleeding Heart

Wedgeleaf Violets

Wedgeleaf Violet blossoms detail

Wedgeleaf Violet blossoms detail

Siskiyou Pennycress blossoms detail

Siskiyou Pennycress