The 15 Major Families Arranged according to their corolla characteristics
Free Petals	BRASSICACEAE	4 petals	Regular Flowers	Colors Groups Regions Wetlands Inland Mountain Desert Alphabetical Family List
	ONAGRACEAE
	APIACEAE	5 petals
	ROSACEAE
No Petals	CHENOPODIACEAE	5 sepals
	POLYGONACEAE	5 or 6 sepals
United Petals Pea Subfam partly united	HYDROPHYLLACEAE
	POLEMONIACEAE
	BORAGINACEAE
	SCROPHULARIACEAE		Irregular Flowers Regular in Acacia Subfam
	LAMIACEAE
	FABACEAE
No Petals or Sepals	POACEAE		reg/irreg (?) flowers
	CYPARACEAE
United Petals	ASTERACEAE		reg & irreg
The treatment above follows Bob Muns (1986) California flora: Summaries of the major plant families with permission from Bob Muns (9/18/2005)

Images © Paula Knoll 2005

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