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

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon

July 19, 2003

The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is in the northeast corner of Oregon.

Wallowa Lewisia

Wallowa Lewisia

Wallowa Lewisia

Elegant Penstemon

Elegant Penstemon blossoms detail

Eaton's Shaggy Daisy

Eaton's Shaggy Daisy

Eaton's Shaggy Daisy

Dry natural rock garden w/ Buckwheat, Elegant Penstemon, Yarrow

Golden Eriogonum

Golden Eriogonum flower umbels detail

Largeflower Goldenweed blossoms & bracts detail

Largeflower Goldenweed blossom & bracts extreme detail

Largeflower Goldenweed

Western Meadow Aster blossom & foliage detail

Western Meadow Aster blossom detail

Sulphur Eriogonum

Sulphur Eriogonum

Bush Mallow blossoms & foliage detail

Bush Mallow blossoms & foliage detail

Rattlesnake Plantain