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

Artist Point, Washington

August 21, 2003

Artist Point is at the end of the Mount Baker Highway (WA 542) east of Bellingham.

Tolmie's Saxifrage

Tolmie's Saxifrage blossoms detail

Tolmie's Saxifrage

Tolmie's Saxifrage among basalt boulders

Partridgefoot

Partridgefoot blossoms & foliage detail

Subalpine Daisies

Subalpine Daisies

Mountain Monkeyflowers

Mountain Monkeyflowers

Mountain Monkeyflowers

Hornemann's Willowherb blossom & foliage detail

Hornemann's Willowherb blossoms & foliage detail

Hornemann's Willowherb blossoms & foliage detail

Lyall's Saxifrage

Lyall's Saxifrage

Lyall's Saxifrage blossoms detail

Lyall's Saxifrage

Red Willow-herb

Red Willow-herb blossoms detail

Red Willow-herb blossoms detail

Red Willow-herb w/ Mt. Shuksan bkgnd

Red Willow-herb w/ Mt. Shuksan bkgnd