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

Rocky Coulee, Washington

April 17, 2011

Spring shrubs and wildflowers on Rocky Coulee, near Vantage, Washington.

Bebb Willows w/ Big Sagebrush fgnd

Bebb Willow female aments

Bebb Willow female aments

Bebb Willows (male)

Bebb Willows (male)

Peachleaf Willows

Big Sagebrush

Pale Wallflowers w/ Sagebrush soft bkgnd

Pale Wallflowers

Stiff Sagebrush on lithosol

Stiff Sagebrush

Stiff Sagebrush

Leiberg's Milk-vetch

Leiberg's Milk-vetch blossoms & foliage

Leiberg's Milk-vetch

Hooker's Balsamroot

Hooker's Balsamroot

Hooker's Balsamroot w/ Stiff Sagebrush on lithosol

Threetip Sagebrush

Threetip Sagebrush foliage detail

Threetip Sagebrush foliage detail

Threetip Sagebrush

Stiff Sagebrush

Stiff Sagebrush foliage detail

Stiff Sagebrush foliage detail