Flowers and Plants

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually (5)
  2. 5. Nonresinous wood of a ___ tree (3)
  3. 6. Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow (plural) (10)
  4. 8. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers (4)
  5. 9. Any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear ___ (4)
  6. 10. Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits (3)
  7. 11. A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus (3)

Down

  1. 1. Any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves (9)
  2. 2. Native to eastern Asia (5)
  3. 3. East Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals (9)
  4. 4. Large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild ___ of Europe and having velvety petals (5)
  5. 7. Creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves (8)