1. Clinkscales Floral Design
Identifying Plants
Clinkscales
Floral Design

2. Scientific Name Generic Name Specific Name
Genus (Capital letter and italicized)
This is the group name of the plant
All plants with the same group name are part of the same genus
Specific Name
species (Lower case letter and Italicized)
Plants of the same species will have the same characteristics and continue to reproduce plants of those characteristics

3. Handwritten (underlined)
Scientific Names
Typed (italize)
Ilex vomitoria
Handwritten (underlined)

4. Cultivar vs. Variety (sub species)
A cultivar is a subspecies.
A subdivision of a species
A plant that was cultivated by people for a specific characteristic
Single quotes are used, not Italicized
For Example:
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
‘Red Sunset’
‘Autumn Flame’
A variety is a subspecies.
Exhibits a trivial difference
Naturally occurring
Appears after the species name and will include var. before a Latin word representing the variety
For Example:
Daucus carota var. sativus

5. How is a new name created?
Species:
An adjective describing the plant:
Color
lutea - yellow
alba - white
rubra – red
Geographic information
Size
microphylla – Little leaf

6. Botanical Name Roots
Many of the names have prefixes or suffixes that describe the plant.
Trifolium pratense (common name: Red Clover)
Tri – three
folium – leaves
praten –referring to a meadow

7. Common Names Created by anyone for any reason.
No standardization for common names.
Do not show relationships between plants.
Some plants do not have a common name.
Some nonrelated plants could have the same common name.
The same plant could have different common names depending upon the region in which they are grown.

8. Your white board… Divide your board in half
One half is going to be your pre-lesson description
The other half is going to be your during lesson observations

9. Describe this plant

10. Leaves Shape Margin (edge) Tip Base
How do the leaves connect to the stem?
Leaf stem arrangements

11. Plant & Soil Science textbook is and excellent resource!!!

12. Color is no an ideal way to describe a plant or flower!
Colors can change based on various factors:
Light
Temperature
Watering
Nutrient deficiencies
Seasons
Color is no an ideal way to describe a plant or flower!

13. Which shape is our leaf?

14. What is the leaf-stem arrangement?

15. What Leaf Vennation do our leaves have?

16. Name the margin of our plant.

17. What shape is our leaf tip?

18. What shape is our leaf base?

19. Does anyone know the name of this plant?

20. Every rose has its thorn!
A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet!
Every rose has its thorn!

21. Practice Time!
Using the plants and floral materials around the room, develop detail descriptions. You should also take a look at the flower shapes in the textbook and use those shapes to help describe the plant when there are flowers present.