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

Icicle Canyon, Washington

June 15, 2003

Icicle Canyon is on the Wenatchee National Forest near Leavenworth.

Sulfur Buckwheat (Sulphur Eriogonum)

Sulfur Buckwheat (Sulphur Eriogonum)

Sulfur Buckwheat (Sulphur Eriogonum) blossoms detail

Blue Elderberry

Blue Elderberry blossoms & foliage

Birchleaf Spiraea blossoms & foliage

Birchleaf Spiraea blossoms & foliage

Birchleaf Spiraea blossoms & foliage detail

Western Hawkweed

Western Hawkweed

Western Hawkweed blossoms detail

Common Cryptantha

Common Cryptantha blossoms & foliage detail

Thimbleberry blossoms & foliage

Thimbleberry blossoms & foliage

Thimbleberry blossoms & foliage

Menzies' Catchfly

Menzies' Catchfly blossom & foliage detail

Menzies' Catchfly blossom & foliage detail

Menzies' Catchfly blossom & foliage detail