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

Columbia Gorge

April 22, 2004

Several locations on the Oregon side of the Columbia Gorge, including the Tom McCall Nature Preserve.

Sticky-stem Penstemon blossoms

Sticky-stem Penstemon blossoms & foliage

Sticky-stem Penstemon blossoms & foliage

Rayless Daisy (from Steens Mtn)

Rayless Daisy (from Steens Mtn)

Rayless Daisy (from Steens Mtn)

Scouler's Corydalis blossoms & foliage

Scouler's Corydalis blossoms & foliage

Tufted Saxifrage

Tufted Saxifrage

Columbia Gorge Broadleaf Lupine blossoms detail

Columbia Gorge Broadleaf Lupine blossoms extreme detail

Columbia Gorge Broadleaf Lupine blossoms & foliage

Columbia Gorge Broadleaf Lupine blossoms & foliage

Columbia Gorge Broadleaf Lupine

Small-flowered Fiddleneck

Small-flowered Fiddleneck blossom detail

Small-flowered Fiddleneck blossoms detail

View to Columbia Gorge w/ Arrow-leaf Balsamroot

View to Columbia Gorge w/ Arrow-leaf Balsamroot

Bicolored Cluster Lily

Bicolored Cluster Lily

Bicolored Cluster Lily blossoms detail