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Family Name |
Scientific Name |
Tips to Help Identify Flower Families |
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LEAF PARTS IN 3'S OR 6'S
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Lily |
Liliaceae |
Monocot with superior ovary. Radially symmetrical. |
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Iris |
Iridaceae |
Monocot with inferior ovary. Radially symmetrical. |
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Orchid |
Orchidaceae |
Monocot with Inferior ovary, bilaterally symmetrical. |
| LEAF PARTS IN 4'S | ||
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Evening- Primrose |
Onagraceae |
There are 4 petals, sepals, and stamens. |
| The style has a 4-part cross (X) at its end, or is bulb-like. Ovary usually inferior. | ||
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Mustard |
Braccicaceae |
Four petals. Superior ovary. |
| LEAF PARTS IN 5'S | ||
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Rose |
Rosaceae |
Numerous stamens. Periginous. |
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Buttercup |
Ranunculaceae |
Numerous stamens Hypogynous. |
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Mint |
Lamiaceae |
Square stems and opposite leaves. |
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Figwort |
Scrophulariaceae |
Petals mostly joined. Most flowers of this family have fused petals to |
| form a fat tube opening into two broad lips. If petals are not joined, | ||
| one looks much larger than the others. Stems are round. | ||
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Heath |
Ericaceae |
Petals either joined and bell-shaped, or petals free. Flowers with 5 sepals and 10 stamens. |
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Phlox |
Polmoniaceae |
Petals joined. Flowers often look trumpet-like. 5 petals, 5 sepals, 5 stamens. |
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Pink |
Caryophyllaceae |
Petals not joined. Leaves mostly opposite. Petals often notched at tips. |
| Joints of stem often swollen. | ||
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Carrot |
Apiaceae |
Umble of Umbles. Hollow stems with palmately compound clasping leaves. |
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Honeysuckle |
Caprifoliaceae |
Petals joined. Long funnel or bell-like flowers with 5 sepals and stamens. |
| Leaves opposite. | ||
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Pea |
Fabaceae |
2 petals (the lower ones which look like a pelicans pouch) joined, 3 are free |
| of each other. Petals irregularly shaped. 2 sepals. The leaves are alternate and | ||
| compound with leaf-like stipules where the leaf stem attaches to the main stem. | ||
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Saxifrage |
Saxifragaceae |
Petals not joined. 5 petals and 5 sepals, with 5 or 10 stamens. |
| Flowers often cup-like or tube-like because of fused sepals. | ||
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Geranium |
Geraniaceae |
GeraniaceaePetals not joined. Geraniums have flowers with 5 petals, 5 sepals, |
| and 5 stamens. The central ovary has a long style that often looksbeak-like. | ||
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Violet |
Violaceae |
Petals not joined. Petals are all differently shaped with 2 upper petals, |
| 2 side petals and 1 lower petal. Lower petal often with dark veins. | ||
| MANY FLOWERS PER HEAD | ||
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Aster |
Asteraceae |
Sunflower like; composed of many flowers. |