[Wildflowers West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Wildflowers West of the Cascade Mountains with Petals in Multiples of 3 (3, 6, 9 etc..)

Columbia Lily: Lillium columbianum

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

Black Crowberry, Curlew Berry, Moss Berry: Empetrum nigrum (Synonyms: Empetrum eamesii ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum var. hermaphroditum)

Amaryllis Family (Amaryllidaceae)

Birthwort Family (Aristolochiaceae) - The maroon or greenish flowers have 3 long, thin sepals that snake out from the cup-like flower. This one has no petals. The flower is typically on the ground, hidden by the large, evergreen, heart-shaped leaves. The leaves do not have parallel veins.

Asparagus Family (Asparagaceae)

Barberry Family (Berberidaceae) 6 petals and 6 sepals. The leaves are alternate, and simple to compound. The leaves do not have parallel veins.

Iris Family (Iridaceae) - Flowers either with sepals and petals similarly sized and shaped in a flat circle of 6 (the genus Sisyrinchium) or with each of the 3 narrow petals directly above one of the 3 wide sepals as in our domestic Iris. The leaves are narrow to wide, sword-like, and arising from one another. Leaves with parallel veins.

Arrowgrass Family (Juncaginaceae)

Lily Family (Liliaceae) - Sepals and petals similarly colored and shaped, and in multiples of 3's. Stamens 3 or 6. Leaves grass-like, onion-like, or broader in width. Leaves with parallel veins.

False Hellebore Family (Melanthiaceae)

Bog-Asphodel Family (Nartheciaceae)

Orchid Family (Orchidaceae) - Orchid flowers are irregularly shaped, with petals of different sizes and shapes. The 2 side petals are similar, but the lower lip petal is usually larger. The sepals are similar in shape and size. Leaves with parallel veins.

Buckwheat Family (Polygonaceae)

Greenbriar Family (Smilacaceae)

False-Asphodel Family: (Tofieldiaceae)


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