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

Humboldt County, California

May 3, 2011

Spring shrubs and wildflowers in Humboldt County, California including near the Lost Coast around Shelter Cove and at Trinidad State Beach.

Wavyleaf Ceanothus

Wavyleaf Ceanothus

Wavyleaf Ceanothus blossoms & foliage

Wavyleaf Ceanothus blossoms & foliage

Wavyleaf Ceanothus blossoms & foliage

Wavyleaf Ceanothus foliage detail

Western Lupine

Western Lupine

Western Lupine

Western Lupine blossoms & foliage

Western Lupine blossoms detail

Western Lupine blossoms

Western Lupine foliage

Blueblossom Ceanothus blossoms & foliage

Blueblossom Ceanothus blossoms & foliage detail

Blueblossom Ceanothus

Blueblossom Ceanothus

Blueblossom Ceanothus

Blueblossom Ceanothus

Hottentot Fig

Hottentot Fig

Hottentot Fig

Hottentot Fig blossom & foliage detail

Hottentot Fig blossom & foliage detail

Wavyleaf Silktassel, Thimbleberry frame headland w/ Evergreen Huckleberries new spring foliage

Wavyleaf Silktassel, Thimbleberry frame headland w/ Evergreen Huckleberries new spring foliage

Wavyleaf Silktassel frames headland w/ Evergreen Huckleberries new spring foliage

Orange Bush Monkeyflower

Orange Bush Monkeyflower

Blueblossom Ceanothus framed by Thimbleberry foliage

Blueblossom Ceanothus framed by Thimbleberry foliage

Blueblossom Ceanothus

Blueblossom Ceanothus

Sea Fig

Sea Fig blossoms & foliage

Sea Figs on coastal headland