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

Yakima River Canyon, Washington

May 15, 2003

Roadside flowers in the Yakima River Canyon between Ellensburg and Yakima.

Sagebrush Stickseed

Sagebrush Stickseed blossoms detail

Western Giant Hyssop blossoms & foliage detail

Western Giant Hyssop

Common Chokecherry

Common Chokecherry blossoms & foliage

Common Chokecherry blossoms & foliage detail

Red-osier Dogwood

Red-osier Dogwood blossoms & foliage

Red-osier Dogwood blossoms & foliage detail

Purple Sage blossoms & foliage

Purple Sage blossoms detail

Rock Penstemon

Rock Penstemon blossoms detail

Rock Penstemon blossoms extreme detail

Yakima Milk-vetch

Yakima Milk-vetch immature seed pods

Yakima Milk-vetch blossoms detail