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The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the asteraceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.
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www.robsplants.com/family.php?ceae=asteraceae
www.robsplants.com/family.php?ceae=asteraceae
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ASTERACEAE (Compositae) - Sunflower or Aster Family ... Members of the Asteraceae produce a wide array of toxic compounds, one of the most famous is Artemesia absinthium (wormwood), which produces thujone. Extracts of wormwood were mixed with alcohol to produce a drink called absinthe.
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botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/301Manhart/Dicots/Asteridae/...
botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/301Manhart/Dicots/Asteridae/Ast/Ast.html
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Members of the Asteraceae are most readily characterized by their unique floral structure. The flowers of members of this family are aggregated within a composite grouping known as an inflorescence, which in this family is known as a head.
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science.jrank.org/pages/1664/Composite-Family-Composita...
science.jrank.org/pages/1664/Composite-Family-Compositaceae.html
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Most members of this family do not have quite that many bracts, but there are frequently two or more rows. This is not a foolproof test, only a common pattern of the Aster family. Next, look inside the flower head for the presence of the little disk and ray flowers.
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www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Asteraceae...
www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Asteraceae.htm
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The aster or sunflower family (Family Asteraceae or, alternatively Family Compositae) is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. The family name comes from the Genus Aster and refers to the star-shaped flower head of its members, typified as well by the daisy.
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www.economicexpert.com/a/Asteraceae.htm
www.economicexpert.com/a/Asteraceae.htm
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With 418 genera and 2413 species (Table 1), Asteraceae is, numerically, the largest family in the flora of North America north of Mexico. Members of the family are found in diverse habitats, from the High Arctic tundra and polar deserts to the Sonoran warm-desert scrub, and from alpine habitats to salt marshes.
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www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100...
www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10074
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Muhammad, Jahangir (2001) CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON SOME MEMBERS OF ASTERACEAE FAMILY AND PSEUDOCALYMMA ELEGANS, A NATIVE OF BRAZIL. PhD thesis, University of Karachi, Karachi.
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Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and abstract of thesis) asteraceae family, pseudocalymma elegans, terrestrial plant, bignoniaceous plant, asteraceous plants, pulicaria gnaphalodes (vent.) boiss, tridax procumbens l., artemisia scoparia waldst, pseudocalymma elegans(vell.) kuhlm...
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eprints.hec.gov.pk/1062/01/791.html.htm
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Images of members of the Asteraceae Family of flowering plants (formerly known as the composites.) ... This gallery includes images of members of the Asteraceae family of flowering plants. The family is also known as Compositae. This family includes an estimated 1100 genera and 20,000 species of plants (Wikipedia).
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protophoto.com/subject.html?subject_id=500
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