Dilan Ashar 

5/17/2019 
Block A 
Wildflower Lab Report 
 
Introduction 
The main purpose of this project is to learn about the difference in flowers’ traits and relate them to our unit 
of reproduction and Mendel’s studies as well as adaptation and evolution. I conducted most of my collecting 
at school and a nearby park. Three questions I have are, how do we know if a flower has adapted to the 
environment, why are most flower white or yellow, and why can a flower mostly be located in one certain 
kind of area, while being apparent in another (in a dry area and wet area)? 
 
Materials 
I used the wildflower guide, a textbook, tissues or paper towels, a pen and pencil, and flowers. 
 
Procedure 
1. Go outside or to a place with flowers 
2. Find a flower 
3. Identify the flower 
a. Use the code in Newcomb’s Wildflower guide 
i. Assess its petals and find the corresponding number 
ii. Assess basal leaves and find the corresponding number 
iii. Asses kind of leaves (ex. Toothed, lobed, entire) and find the corresponding number 
4. Check the flower’s basal leaves and full it from the bottom in order to pick the basal leaves in 
addition to the flower, but do not pick the root. 
5. Double check identification and code with teacher 
6. Place the flower in between two paper towels, make sure the petals and inside of the flower is facing 
out and place it inside a large book 
7. Put pressure on top of the books  
8. Repeat until all 35 flowers are complete 
9. Spray adhesive onto each flower and place it of cardstock 
10. Gather all of the labels and place it on the cardstock 
11. Organize each mounted flower by family name and place it into the binder 
 
Conclusion 
The answers to my scientific questions are, we do not know if a flower has adapted until we know what that 
flower is and from there we compare it to a normal flower. The next questions answer is that white and 
yellow flowers mainly occur because the majority are yellow and white because that is how the world was 
made. Finally, as long as a flower can be sustained in a different environment it can live there, however, it 
could adapt or change its features to live in a different environment. Two more questions are, is there a case 
where once a flower was picked it died, and is there a case of the dominant trait being absent always? My 
claim is that there are many different flowers out there that have adapted or diverged from different species 
due to certain traits and environment. In other words, flowers can change and are different.  
 
Discussion 
I learned that I have an allergic reaction to flowers that I never knew about. To add, I have also learned that 
almost every flower is different in a small or large way. I made the mistake of procrastinating in this project, 
so I would probably pick earlier and try to identify earlier. It was easy to mess up. I went to a trail-specific for 
wildflowers but it had all of the same, common ones that I had. I disliked it because there really were no 
tricks to help you and so everyone has to rely on a teacher to identify. The trends in my data are that there are 
predominantly there are Buttercup and Composite families where I picked. To add, many of my flowers were 
found in usually found in 1 place. In this project, many things went south, but there were some things that 
went well, such as, learning about different wildflowers (knowledge is power) and doing something out of my 
comfort zone (making new experiences).