Separate Petals B

Flowers With Five or More Separate Petals

Part B

Most of these flowers have five separate petals, while one has five or ten petals. There are two that have no petals or noticeable ones, but they have sepals that look like petals. The number of sepals can vary. The flowers in this group are radially symmetrical.

The common name, genus and species, and family name are given for each flower. When different references have different scientific names both are given.

Helleboraceae

Hellebore Family

Both Globeflower and Marsh-Marigold lack regular petals but have sepals that look like petals. The number of sepals can vary on both flowers. Marsh-Marigold can have from 5-l5 sepals.
Globe Flower and Marsh-Marigold have many golden stamens. Both are found at high elevation in wet marshy areas.

Globeflower

Trollius albiflorus or Trollius laxus

Helleboraceae or Ranunculaceae

White Marsh-Marigold

Psychrophila leptosepala or Caltha leptosepala

Helleboraceae or Ranunculaceae



Fringed Grass-of-Parnassis Parnassia fimbriata Parnassiaceae or Saxifragaceae

Linaceae

Flax Family

Wild Blue Flax has one flower at a time on each stem. It is best seen early in the morning as petals fall in the afternoon.



Wild Blue Flax Adenolinum lewisii Linaceae

Parnassiaceae

Grass-of-Parnassis Family

Parnassis is often included in the Saxifrage family.
Grass-of-Parnassis has petals that are fringed at the side. It is found in marshes or wet, mossy places.



Blazingstar or Eveningstar (in the evening) Nutallia nuda Loasaceae



	Blazingstar or Eveningstar (during the day) Nutallia nuda Loasaceae

Loasaceae

Loasa Family

Blazingstar has 5 or 10 petals. It has 10 to many stamens. It has stiff barbed hairs which stick to clothing. Flowers open only in late afternoon.
Blazingstar is found in sandy soil along roadsides and on plains.

Malvaceae

Mallow Family

Hollyhocks and Hibiscus are in the Mallow Family. United stamens form a central column. The sepals are united at the base.
White Checkermallow grows in moist meadows or along stream banks.
Copper Mallow has a saucer-shaped corolla with orange petals. It is a low plant that grows along roadsides and dry fields. It is found in the plains and foothills.

White Checkermallow

(close up)

Sidalcea candida

Malvaceae

White Checkermallow

(at distance)

Sidalcea candida

Malvaceae




Copper Mallow or Globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea Malvaceae



Yellow Stonecrop Amerosedum lanceolatum or Sedum lanceolatum Crassulaceae

Crassulaceae

Stonecrop Family

The plants in the Stonecrop Family are succulents and so are drought resistant. The petals could number 4 or 5.
Stonecrop has a reddish fleshy stem and bright yellow star-shaped flowers. It is found at all altitudes.
King's Crown has a flat topped terminal cluster of flowers. It is found in gravelly or rocky places of the alpine and subalpine zones.
Rose Crown also has a dense cluster of flowers. It is found in marshy places or along streams in the subalpine zone.

Rose Crown

Clementsia rhodantha or Sedum rhodanthum

Crassulaceae

King's Crown

Rhodiola integrifolia or Sedum integrifolia

Crassulaceae