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

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Turner Photographics - Wildflowers

Eastern Oregon

June 25, 2004

Roadside flowers from near Fields and Burns Junction, Oregon, along US 95 in Owyhee County, Idaho, and near LaGrande, Oregon.

Blazing Star blossom

Blazing Star blossom

Prince's Plume

Prince's Plume

Prince's Plume

Prince's Plume

Prince's Plume against blue sky

Prince's Plume blossoms against blue sky

Palmer's Penstemon

Palmer's Penstemon against blue sky

Palmer's Penstemon blossoms detail

Palmer's Penstemon blossoms detail

Mountain Navarretia

Mountain Navarretia

Mountain Navarretia

Mountain Navarretia blossoms & foliage detail