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

Balsamorhiza hookeri; Lupinus lepidus; Pholox hoodii; Artemisia tridentata

Balsamorhiza hookeri; Lupinus lepidus; Pholox hoodii; Artemisia tridentata

ID: 0900706
Hooker's Balsamroot, Prairie Lupine, Hood's Phlox among Big Sagebrush
L.T. Murray Wildlife Area Whiskey Dick Unit, WA
April 25, 2009
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