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Lightning
Grade 5
Science Magazine & World of Science
 
Plants, Topic 5: Plants with Seeds
A Wildflower Crusade
Keyword: WILDFLOWER

Did You Know...
There are over 250,000 different flowers in the world. More than half of these grow only in the tropics.

 

The Virtual Herbarium

Visit this page for a collection of beautiful wildflower photos. Click the pictures for larger images and for information about the wildflower.

Questions

  1. Why is skunk cabbage the first flower to bloom in late winter?

  2. What is the habitat of the bloodroot?

  3. What color is the wild indigo flower?

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California Wildflowers

Check out the beautiful wildflowers found in California! This huge site has photographs and lots of information. Look up the flowers by color or by name.

Questions

  1. Choose three wildflowers. Tell what they look like and how they grow.

  2. Do different wildflowers grow in different parts of California? Why or why not?

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