The Bottom Line
Flower Finder is the best economy-priced, pocket-sized wildflower identification manual available for wildflowers east of Rockies and north of the Great Smokies. Ideal for people on budgets and those who need a carry along manual.
Pros
- This pint-sized manual identifies over 100 common wildflowers.
- Flower part illustrations, key, tips make for quick ID.
- Best valued wildflower ID book in print.
Cons
- Illustrations can be simplistic which can be confusing.
- Limited to flowers east of the Rockies and north of the Smokies.
Description
- The key is dichotomous. You select the best of two questions until identification.
- Simple illustrations of a flower's specific botanical parts are clues to final identification.
- Although limited to a part of the U.S., still a good reference of flower family characteristics.
Guide Review - Flower Finder
May T. Watts' Flower Finder is the best pocket-sized wildflower identification guide available for flowers east of Rocky Mountains and north of the Great Smokey Mountains. Sixty-three illustrated pages are designed with illustrations in identifying more than 100 of North America's most common flowers and flower families.
This "key" provides a step-by-step process in which a user can determine at least the flower family and in many cases the exact flower's common name. The identification process is based on searching through illustrations of flower parts and comparing them to the specimen you are interested in.
The key is dichotomous. You select the best of two questions until identification. Many times you can skip the key if you review the flower illustrations and have some knowledge of individual flower species.
