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David Albeck's Photos of Flowers
I've redone this page to organize it by plant family. Where I didn't have at least three flower photos for a family, I either added a berry photo or left the photos in "miscellaneous".
Click a thumbnail to see a full-size photo. Follow the text links to see the original gallery for each photo.
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Adoxa family (Adoxaceae): includes viburnum
Arum family (Araceae)
Aster family (Asteraceae)
Bellflower family (Campanulaceae)
Pink family (Caryophyllaceae): a.k.a. the carnation family
Morning Glory family (Convulvulaceae)
Dogwood family (Cornaceae)
Orpine family (Crassulaceae): mostly succulents
Heath family (Ericaceae): includes cranberries and azaleas
Legume family (Fabaceae): includes clovers and peas
Iris family (Iridaceae)
Lily family (Liliaceae)
Trillium family (Melanthiaceae)
Orchid family (Orchidaceae)
Plantain family (Plantaginaceae)
Knotweed family (Polygonaceae)
Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae): includes columbines
Rose family (Rosaceae): includes strawberries and cherries
Madder family (Rubiaceae): includes bluets
Pitcher Plant family (Sarraceniaceae)
Other/Unknown families
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Adoxa Family (Adoxaceae)
Recently recognized as distinct from the honeysuckle family.
Hobblebush
(
Viburnum lantanoides)
Hobblebush
(
Viburnum lantanoides)
Hobblebush
(
Viburnum lantanoides)
Hobblebush
(
Viburnum lantanoides)
Hobblebush
(
Viburnum lantanoides)
Hobblebush
(
Viburnum lantanoides)
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Arum Family (Araceae)
Easily recognized by their phallic central spadix. Some members are erroneously called "lilies."
golden club
Jack-in-Pulpit
anthurium
anthurium
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Aster Family (Asteraceae)
Though this is the second-largest family of flowering plants, it is easy enough to tell when you've found a member: asters and their relatives have very many narrow petals, usually forming a ring around a disc of tiny true flowers in the center. Sunflowers, daisies, and dandelions are in this family.
dwarf alpinegold,
Hulsea nana
Dwarf Alpinegold
Hulsea nana
Townsendia
Gayfeather
Centaurea
Centaurea
Coneflower
Centaurea?
thistle
Aster
orange hawkweed
Pearly Everlasting,
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pearly Everlasting,
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pearly Everlasting,
Anaphalis margaritacea
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Bellflower Family (Campanulaceae)
campanula
campanula
bellflower
bellflower
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Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae)
This is a large family of herbs with five-petaled flowers; not easily summarized.
Ragged Robin,
Lychnis flos-cuculi
(no album)
unidentified pink,
Dianthus sp?
(no album)
Maiden pink,
Dianthus deltoides
Fire pink,
Silene virginica
Pink
Sandwort
sandwort
mountain sandwort
Sandwort
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Morning Glory family (Convulvulaceae)
Vines with a distinctive trumpet-shaped flower.
morning-glory
morning glory
morning-glory
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Dogwood family (Cornaceae)
Those big white things are bracts, not true petals. The flowers are clustered at the center.
bunchberry
Bunchberry
Bunchberry
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Orpine family (Crassulaceae)
One of the larger groups of succulent plants
crassulacean?
stonecrop
crassulacean?
Sempervivum
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Heath Family (Ericaceae)
A group of woody plants with oval leaves, often evergreen. Includes the cranberry and its many relatives (blueberry, bearberry, etc) and also the rhododendron. Biologists were a bit surprised to discover that Indian Pipe is also a member.
Lapland Rosebay
pink mountain heather,
Phyllodoce empetriformis
Mountain-laurel
Rhododendron
Rhododendron
azalea
azalea
Rhodora
Rhodora
Pine-drops,
Pterospora
indian pipe
(no album)
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Legume Family (Fabaceae)
A group of herbs that includes peas, soybeans, and peanuts, as well as clover and alfalfa. Most of them have root nodules in which symbiotic bacteria supply them with nitrogen from the air, bear seeds in pods, and have a sort of L-shaped petal arrangement.
Lupine
lupine
red clover
Birdsfoot Trefoil
birdsfoot trefoil
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Iris Family (Iridaceae)
Perennial monocots with grass-like leaves and showy flowers. This family includes crocus and gladiolus (and of course iris).
Crocus
(no gallery)
Blue-eyed grass
iris
white iris
(no album)
Iris
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Lily Family (Liliaceae)
A group of monocots with mostly showy flowers and parallel-veined leaves; often poisonous.
Colchicum and bellwort are related, but actually in their own family; but I'll leave them here for now.
.
avalanche lily
tiger lily,
Lilium columbianum
Lily
goldstar
bellwort
trout lily
Colchicum
bluebead lily,
Clintonia borealis
bluebead lily,
Clintonia borealis
lily
cucumber-root
lily
rose twisted-stalk
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Trillium Family (Melanthiaceae)
Similar to lilies but considered a separate family
.
red trillium,
T. erectum
painted trillium,
T. undulatum
false-hellebore,
V. viride
painted trillium
red trillium
red trillium
painted trillium
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Orchid Family (Orchidaceae)
The largest family of all. Lots of variety within the family.
Many of the photos below were taken in greenhouses. The most common orchid found wild in New England is pink lady's slipper, which I've moved onto a separate page:
Lady's Slippers
orchid
orchid
orchid
coralroot
orchid
orchid
Orchids
Orchids
Orchids
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Plantain family (Plantaginaceae)
A large and diverse group, not easily summarized.
penstemon
penstemon
Penstemon
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Knotweed family (Polygonaceae)
Includes buckwheat and rhubarb. Characterized by swollen joints or "knots" in the stems.
mountain-sorrel
buckwheat
knotweed
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Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)
Includes buttercups, anemones, clematis, and columbines. Generally have palmate compound leaves.
crimson columbine,
Aquilegia formosa
red baneberry,
Actea rubra
Red Baneberry,
Actaea rubra
wild columbine,
A. canadensis
(no album)
Clematis
Columbine,
Aquilegia sp.
Columbine,
Aquilegia sp.
Columbine,
Aquilegia sp.
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Rose Family (Rosaceae)
A large family with five-petaled flowers, whose petals are often white or pink. Many members bear edible fruit. Plants range from low creepers (strawberries and cinquefoil) to thorny vines (roses and blackberries) to woody trees (cherries, apples, peaches, almonds).
partridge-foot,
luetkea pectinata
dwarf bramble,
Rubus lasiococcus
Thimbleberry,
Rubus parviflorus
Salmonberry,
Rubus spectabilis
Blackberry
strawberry
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Madder family (Rubiaceae)
Many members of this family have flowers that are small, white to blue, with square symmetry
bluets
Bluets
bluets
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American Pitcher Plants (Sarraceniaceae)
Easy to identify by their carnivorous leaves; they also have very odd flowers. The flowers below are missing their petals (you can see one in the background of the last shot)
Sarracenia Purpurea
Sarracenia
Sarracenia
Sarracenia
Sarracenia
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Miscellaneous
Stuff that either doesn't fit into any category above, or that I haven't identified.
Narcissus
bittersweet
Parthenocissus
(no album)
Nightshade
Naked Broomrape,
Orobanche uniflora
(no album)
Castilleja
Jewelweed
phacelia
Polemonium
phlox
Musk Mallow,
Malva moschata
lilac
spring beauty
flower
dutchman's breeches
lilac
flower
violet
flower
saxifrage
early saxifrage
flower
fireweed
Hosta
(no album)
snapdragon
wood-sorrel
fireweed
fiddleheads
Equisetum
flower
purple loose-strife
geranium?
periwinkle,
Vinca minor
spreading dogbane
milkweed
starflower
Turtlehead
unknown flower
mimulus
Diapensia
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