AY Honors/Flowers/Answer Key

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1. Draw or photograph 35 kinds of wild flowers and identify them correctly.

You may wish to take the pictures in a botanical gardens or greenhouse of some sort, because all the information is right there on the nameplate!

  • Arctotis.jpg

    Arctotis

  • Kalimeris incisa0.jpg

    Aster

  • Azalea

  • Begonia

  • Mertensia virginica.JPG

    Bluebell

  • Carnation

  • Chamomile

  • Chrysanthemum

  • Clematis jackmanii 2.jpg

    Clematis

  • Yellow columbine close.jpg

    Columbine

  • Crocus heuffelianus bgiu.jpg

    Crocus

  • Dahlia

  • Daisy

  • Forget-me-not close 600.jpg

    Forget Me Not

  • Forsythia

  • Geranium

  • Wet hollyhock.jpg

    Hollyhock

  • Hortensienbluete.jpg

    Hydrangea

  • Hyacinthus orientalis 2003.jpg

    Hyacinth

  • Lilla iris randers.jpg

    Iris

  • Lantana.jpg

    Lantana

  • Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) v2.jpg

    Lily

  • Lupinus micranthus.JPG

    Lupine

  • Marigold

  • Nasturtium

  • Orchid.jpg

    Orchid

  • Pansy aka.jpg

    Pansy

  • Peony

  • Periwinkle

  • Petunia

  • Phlox 'Rosa Spier' 16-08-2005 20.07.20.JPG

    Phlox

  • Poppy-closeup.jpg

    Poppy

  • Primrose

  • Rose

  • Sunflower

  • Lathyrus odoratus Painted Lady.jpg

    Sweet Pea

  • Tansy

  • Tulip

  • Violet

2. Draw and properly label, or point out the actual parts of a flower: pistil, stamen, petal, sepal.

http://www.prairiefrontier.com/pages/families/flwrparts.jpg

3. Name six flower families and their distinguishing characteristics. Name at least two flowers in each family.

Rosaceae - Rose Family

4. Describe the life story of a particular flower, including the part played by insects or wind in pollination.

5. Name at least two plants that are poisonous to touch, and state which, if any, are found in your locality.

6. Do three of the following:

a. Arrange, draw or photograph a series of at least six flowers showing in order the colors of the rainbowCred, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet.

b. Submit fresh, pressed or dried flowers which have: five petals, four petals, three petals, no petals.

c. Distinguish and name two out of five wild or cultivated flowers by their odor, while blindfolded.

d. List flowers that you have observed being visited for food by the following:

  • 1. Birds:
  • 2. Honeybees:
  • 3. Bumblebees:
  • 4. Butterflies:
  • 5. Moths:

e. Watch a flower for at least ten minutes in the sunshine, and at least ten minutes after dusk, and report on insect visitors. State the number and kind of visitors and name of flower.

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