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

High Divde, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF

July 26, 2009

The High Divide Trail is reached either from Damfino Lakes or the steep Excelsior Trail from Mt. Baker Highway. It is a long ridge ramble with spectacular views of Mt. Baker to the south.

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil

Cow Parsnip blossoms & foliage

Western Spring Beauty

Mt. Baker beyond alpine meadow w/ Mountain Arnica

Silverback Luina, Broadleaf Lupines, Small-flowered Penstemon on rock outcrop

Red Columbine, Western Bistort, Mountain Arnica in subalpine meadow

Spotted Saxifrage

Sickletop Lousewort

Sickletop Lousewort blossoms & foliage

Red Columbine against blue sky

Narrowsepal Phacelia

Sulphur Flower

Harsh Paintbrush against blue sky

Mountain Arnica, Broadleaf Lupines, Spreading Phlox, Western Bistort in subalpine meadow

Tolmie's Saxifrage

Tolmie's Saxifrage

Glacier Lily

Cascades Blueberry blossoms & foliage

Snowpatch Buttercups

White Heather

Glacier Lilies

Towering Lousewort

Spreading Phlox

Hikers descend steep subalpine meadow w/ Western Bistort, Sitka Valerian

Steep subalpine meadow w/ Sitka Valerian, Towering Lousewort, Green Corn Lilies