Compositae

Of asterid dicot family and Campanulales.   May also be referred to as Asteraceae, aster family, family Asteraceae and family Compositae.

Plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia.

This concept's ID is @1~59835

Asterid Dicot Genus

  • genus Artemisia 12 facts

    Usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and...

  • Anthemis 3 facts

    Dog fennel.

  • genus Arnica 3 facts

    Large genus of herbs of north temperate and Arctic regions.

  • Baccharis 3 facts

    Shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike...

  • Centaurea 3 facts

    Knapweed; star thistle.

  • genus Chrysanthemum 3 facts

    In some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum...

  • Antennaria 2 facts

    Small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring...

  • Arctotis 2 facts

    Herbs and subshrubs: African daisy.

  • Carduus 2 facts

    Genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles.

  • Chrysothamnus 2 facts

    Genus of low branching shrubs of western North America.

  • genus Achillea 1 facts

    Perennial often aromatic and sometimes mat-forming herbs of north temperate regions:...

  • Ageratina 1 facts

    Annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South Am...

  • genus Ageratum 1 facts

    Genus of tropical American herbs grown for their flowers.

  • Amberboa 1 facts

    Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers.

  • genus Ambrosia 1 facts

    Comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate...

  • genus Ammobium 1 facts

    Small genus of Australian herbs grown for their flowers.

  • Anacyclus 1 facts

    A Spanish pellitory.

  • Anaphalis 1 facts

    A genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting.

  • genus Andryala 1 facts

    A genus of hardy hairy latex-producing perennials of Mediterranean area.

  • Antheropeas 1 facts

    Small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum.

  • Arctium 1 facts

    Burdock.

  • Argyranthemum 1 facts

    Comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.

  • Argyroxiphium 1 facts

    Small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs.

  • Arnoseris 1 facts

    Lamb succory.

  • genus Aster 1 facts

    Large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers.

  • Balsamorhiza 1 facts

    Genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic bal...

  • Bellis 1 facts

    Daisy.

  • Bidens 1 facts

    Bur marigolds.

  • Boltonia 1 facts

    Genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers...

  • Brachycome 1 facts

    Mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower...

  • Buphthalmum 1 facts

    Oxeye.

  • Cacalia 1 facts

    Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications...

  • genus Calendula 1 facts

    Marigold.

  • Callistephus 1 facts

    One species: erect Asiatic herb with large flowers.

  • Carlina 1 facts

    Genus of Mediterranean thistles.

  • Carthamus 1 facts

    Safflower.

  • genus Catananche 1 facts

    Genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart.

  • Chamaemelum 1 facts

    Small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis: chamomile.

  • genus Chaenactis 1 facts

    Genus of flowering herbs of western United States.

  • Chrysopsis 1 facts

    Golden aster.

  • Brickellia 0 facts

    Genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded...

Composite

  • composite 11 facts

    Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged...

  • everlasting 8 facts

    Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that...

  • compass plant 2 facts

    Any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal...

Subshrub

  • wormwood 9 facts

    Any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium.

  • sagebrush 5 facts

    Any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidiu...

Also contains

  • thistle 9 facts

    Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and...

  • chrysanthemum 5 facts

    Any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads...

  • genus Ayapana 1 facts

    Genus of tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Eupatorium.

  • Ambrosiaceae 0 facts

    In some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae...

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