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

Kittitas County, Washington

September 18, 2003

Late season flowers from Kittitas County, including Yakima River Canyon, Wild Horses Monument, and Quilomene Wildlife Refuge.

Columbia Goldenweed on basalt cliff

Columbia Goldenweed blossoms

Columbia Goldenweed blossoms detail

Snow Desert Buckwheat

Snow Desert Buckwheat

Snow Desert Buckwheat blossoms detail

Snow Desert Buckwheat blossoms detail

Green Rabbit Brush

Green Rabbit Brush

Green Rabbit Brush blossoms detail

Columbia Coreopsis

Columbia Coreopsis blossoms detail

Gray Rabbitbrush

Gray Rabbitbrush

Gray Rabbitbrush blossoms & foliage detail

Gray Rabbitbrush blossoms extreme detail

Big Sagebrush blossoms & foliage

Big Sagebrush blossoms & foliage

Rigid Sagebrush foliage & flower buds

Rigid Sagebrush foliage & flower buds extreme detail

Rigid Sagebrush

Grey Rabbitbrush

Grey Rabbitbrush among Sagebrush, early autumn