The sunflower family tree revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to a ...

For almost 2 centuries, botanists have debated where rafflesia plants, with their odd flowers, sit on the plant family tree. Early observers asked whether they were flowering plants or fungi.

1. White Dogwood The white dogwood (Cornus florida) is perhaps the most well-known white flower tree. There are around 60 species of dogwoods (Cornaceae family).

One of my favorite flowers found in the eastern conifer forests of Door County is the thimbleberry. It produces large, showy ...