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

Hesperostipa comata (Stipa comata); Cryptantha leucophaea

Hesperostipa comata (Stipa comata); Cryptantha leucophaea

ID: 0901786
Needle and Thread Grass w/ Gray Cryptantha (in fruit)
Grant Co. near Hwy 243 at Wanapum Dam, WA
June 14, 2009
Copyright © 2009, Mark Turner