White-tipped Clover

…contrasting color.  The two side petals are alike and are called the wing petals.  The lower two petals are joined into a single boat-shaped petal called the keel petal.  The…

Winter Vetch

Winter Vetch is a member of the pea family.  Each flower is made up of five unusually shaped petals.  The top petal is the banner petal.  The two side petals

Elegant Brodiaea

Brodiaeas are members of the lily family.  Each flower has three petals and three sepals.  In Brodiaea, the sepals are colored like the petals, so that the flower appears to…

White Hyacinth

White Hyacinth is a member of the lily family.  Each flower has three petals and three sepals.  But in Triteleia the sepals are colored like the petals so that the…

Field Cluster Lily

Field Cluster Lilies are a member of the lily family.  Each flower has three petals and three sepals.  In Dichelostemma the sepals are colored like the petals so that the…

Itherial’s Spear or Wally Basket

Itherial’s Spear is a member of the lily family.  Each flower has three petals and three sepals.  In Triteleia, the sepals are colored like the petals, so that the flower…

Checkerbloom

Checkerbloom is a member of the mallow family.  The flowers are made up of five petals and many stamens.  The petals are pale pink to white.  Leaves are often rounded…

Downingia or Calico Flowers

Downingia is a member of the bellflower family.  Each flower has five corolla lobes or petals.  The two upper petals are smaller than the three lower ones.  The flowers are…

Miniature Lupine

…the banner petal.  The two side petals are alike and are called the wing petals.  The lower two petals are joined into a single boat-shaped petal called the keel petal….

Soap Plant or Soaproot

Soap Plant is a member of the lily family.  The flowers have three petals and three sepals which are similarly colored and make the plant appear to have six petals. …