Horticulture 231

List 1 – Annuals (practice quiz)

Helianthus annuus (sunflower)
        flowers, showing multiple heads (Lohr)
Helianthus annuus

. Scientific Name Common Name Family Origin Native
in WA

1 Cosmos bipinnatus Cosmos Asteraceae Mexico, SW US

2 Helianthus annuus Sunflower Asteraceae North America, WA? ?
3 Jacobaea maritima
(renamed from: Senecio cineraria)
Dusty miller Asteraceae Mediterranean
4 Tagetes sp. Marigold Asteraceae North & South America
5 Zinnia sp. Zinnia Asteraceae North & South America
6 Impatiens walleriana Impatiens Balsaminaceae Eastern Africa
7 Begonia Semperflorens-Cultorum Group
Wax begonia Begoniaceae hybrid
8 Cleome sp. Spider flower Capparaceae North & South America, WA yes
9 Pelargonium ×hortorum Geranium Geraniaceae hybrid
10 Plectranthus scutellarioides Coleus Lamiaceae Indonesia
11 Eschscholzia californica California poppy Papaveraceae California, Oregon, &  WA
yes
12 Antirrhinum majus Snapdragon Scrophulariaceae Mediterranean
13 Mimulus sp. Monkey flower Scrophulariaceae North America, WA yes
14
Petunia ×atkinsiana Petunia Solanaceae hybrid
15a One of these (assigned in class):
  a. Lobelia erinus
  b. Salvia coccinea
  c. Viola Wittrockiana Group

a. Lobelia
b. Tropical sage
c. Pansy

a. Campanulaceae
b. Lamiaceae
c. Violaceae

a. South Africa
b. Mexico, Southeastern US
c. hybrid

Plants repeated from Hort 232:

R1 Liatris sp.  Blazing star
Asteraceae North America
R2 Lilium sp.
Lily
Liliaceae
Northern world, WA
yes

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Virginia Lohr, Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
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