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

Ratibida columnifera; Erysimum capitatum; Bouteloua gracilis; Pinus ponderosa

Ratibida columnifera; Erysimum capitatum; Bouteloua gracilis; Pinus ponderosa

ID: 0607635
Prairie Coneflower (Mexican Hat), Rough Wallflower among Blue Gramma grass w/ Ponderosa Pines & dark storm clouds bkgnd
Carson NF Valle Vidal, Ring Place, NM
August 9, 2006
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