Botanical Family · Asterales
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
143 speciesOrder Asterales8+ well-known plants
The daisy or composite family — one of the largest flowering plant families. What appears to be a single flower is actually a dense head (capitulum) of many small florets. Includes sunflowers, daisies, chrysanthemums, and many important crop plants.
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What looks like one flower is a tight head of many tiny flowers — a central disc, often ringed by petal-like ray flowers, cupped by overlapping bracts beneath.
Many members carry a milky, bitter sap once used as a digestive tonic, while others (like the culinary herbs of this family) build up strongly aromatic oils.
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Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
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Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)
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Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
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Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
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Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
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Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
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Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Herb
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Herb
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Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
Blue
Orange
Pink
Purple
White
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HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
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Tree
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Herb
Shrub
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Herb
Shrub
Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
Orange
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Purple
White
How to recognise the Asteraceae family
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Flower head (capitulum) of many florets
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Ray + disc florets together
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Pappus aids wind seed dispersal
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryActinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- InflorescenceHead
- FruitAchene
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Australian StarburAcanthospermum australeBristly Starbur, Horn SpineAcanthospermum hispidumBlue SonkiAdenoon indicumSticky Daisy, Club WortAdenostemma laveniaSticky Snakeroot, Crofton WeedAgeratina adenophoraGoat Weed, App Grass, White WeedAgeratum conyzoidesFlossflowerAgeratum houstonianumSouth Indian Pearly EverlastingAnaphalis lawii
All 143 species in ASTERACEAE
- Australian StarburAcanthospermum australe
- Bristly Starbur, Horn SpineAcanthospermum hispidum
- Blue SonkiAdenoon indicum
- Sticky Daisy, Club WortAdenostemma lavenia
- Sticky Snakeroot, Crofton WeedAgeratina adenophora
- Goat Weed, App Grass, White WeedAgeratum conyzoides
- FlossflowerAgeratum houstonianum
- South Indian Pearly EverlastingAnaphalis lawii
- Marguerite DaisyArgyranthemum frutescens
- Indian Wormwood, Mugwort, Flea BaneArtemisia nilagirica
- Common MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Spanish NeedlesBidens bipinnata
- Gold Cup Silver Plate, Spanish NeedlesBidens biternata
- Hairy BeggarticksBidens pilosa
- Spot-Me FlowersBlainvillea acmella
- River Knob-BushBlumea belangeriana
- Wool-Flower Knob-BushBlumea eriantha
- Lettuce-Leaf Knob-BushBlumea lacera
- Lanceleaf Knob-BushBlumea lanceolaria
- Pink BlumeaBlumea neilgherrensis
- Oblique Knob-BushBlumea obliqua
- Spiny-Leaf Knob-BushBlumea oxyodonta
- Pink Node FlowerCaesulia axillaris
- CalendulaCalendula officinalis
- Chinese AsterCallistephus chinensis
- Straggler DaisyCalyptocarpus vialis
- Lark DaisyCentratherum punctatum
- Siam Weed, Chritsmas Bush, Bitter BushChromolaena odorata
- Indian ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum indicum
- Corymbose RagwortCissampelopsis corymbosa
- Erect HorseweedConyza stricta
- Lance-Leaved CoreopsisCoreopsis lanceolata
- Garden CosmosCosmos bipinnatus
- King's SaladCosmos caudatus
- Yellow CosmosCosmos sulphureus
- Red-Flower RageleafCrassocephalum crepidioides
- Chinese WormwoodCrossostephium chinense
- Little IronweedCyanthillium cinereum
- GangotraCyathocline purpurea
- Tree DahliaDahlia imperialis
- Woolly KarmedikDicoma tomentosa
- Indian Globe ThistleEchinops echinatus
- False Daisy, Trailing Eclipta, Bhringaraj, ThistlesEclipta prostrata
- Prickly Leaved Elephant's FootElephantopus scaber
- Rough EmiliaEmilia scabra
- Pink EmiliaEmilia sonchifolia
- Flax-Leaved HorseweedErigeron bonariensis
- Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
- FirewheelGaillardia pulchella
- Gallant Soldier, Smooth Galinsoga, Quick WeedGalinsoga parviflora
- Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
- Trailing TreasureflowerGazania rigens
- Barberton DaisyGerbera jamesonii
- Garland DaisyGlebionis coronaria
- Patthar SuvaGlossocardia bosvallia
- Annual StrawflowerGnaphalium indicum
- Jersey CudweedGnaphalium luteoalbum
- Manystem CudweedGnaphalium polycaulon
- Madras CarpetGrangea maderaspatana
- Niger Plant, Niger Seed PlantGuizotia abyssinica
- River BitterteaGymnanthemum amygdalinum
- Shining GynuraGynura nitida
- Sun Flower, Common SunflowerHelianthus annuus
- Dusty MillerJacobaea maritima
- Large-Flower KleiniaKleinia grandiflora
- Prickly LettuceLactuca sativa
- American Soft-HeadLagascea mollis
- Winged-Stem LaggeraLaggera alata
- Creeping LauneaLaunaea procumbens
- KulhafilaLaunaea sarmentosa
- Mikenia, Bittervine, Chinese Creeper, Climbing HempweedMikania micrantha
- Mexican Daisy BushMontanoa bipinnatifida
- Congress Weed, Parthenium, Santa Maria Fever Few, Carrot GrassParthenium hysterophorus
- Golden DaisyPentanema indicum
- Purple HeadsPhyllocephalum scabridum
- Woolly Camphor-WeedPluchea tomentosa
- SontikliPulicaria wightiana
- KuthSaussurea costus
- BonebractSclerocarpus africanus
- Deccan RagwortSenecio dalzellii
- Hiwali SonkiSenecio edgeworthii
- Grahamis GroundselSenecio grahamii
- Nilgiri SenecioSenecio neelgherryanus
- Slender-Leaf SenecioSenecio tenuifolius
- Swamp RagwortSenecio wightii
- SigesbeckiaSigesbeckia orientalis
- European GoldenrodSolidago virga-aurea
- Milk ThistleSonchus asper
- Common Sow Thistle, Milk Thistle, Milk WeedSonchus oleraceus
- East-Indian Globe Thistle, Indian Globe FlowerSphaeranthus indicus
- Trailing DaisySphagneticola trilobata
- Toothache PlantSpilanthes acmella
- Toothache Plant; Brazilian Cress, Para CressSpilanthes oleracea
- Toothache PlantSpilanthes paniculata
- Candyleaf, SugarleafStevia rebaudiana
- NodeweedSynedrella nodiflora
- Straggler DaisySynedrella vialis
- Mexican MarigoldTagetes erecta
- Common DandelionTaraxacum officinale
- Curtain CreeperTarlmounia elliptica
- Mexican SunflowerTithonia diversifolia
- Red SunflowerTithonia rotundifolia
- Clasping-Leaf Camel ThistleTricholepis amplexicaulis
- Smooth Camel ThistleTricholepis glaberrima
- Peninsular Camel ThistleTricholepis radicans
- Coat Buttons, Mexican DaisyTridax procumbens
- Purple FleabaneVernonia anthelmintica
- Ash Fleabane, Ash Colored Fleabane, Purple FleabaneVernonia cinerea
- Mountain VernoniaVernonia divergens
- Curtain PlantVernonia elaeagnifolia
- Sea DaisyWedelia biflora
- Chinese WedeliaWedelia chinensis
- Burweed, Cocklebur, Rough CockleburXanthium indicum
- Golden EverlastingXerochrysum bracteatum
- Elegant ZinniaZinnia elegans
- Blepharispermum subsessile
- Blumea membranacea var. jacquemontii
- Cissampelopsis calcadensis
- Cyathocline lutea
- Emilia ramulosa
- Epaltes pygmaea
- Hymenatherum tenuifolium
- Kleinia shevaroyensis
- Lamprachaenium microcephalum
- Launaea acaulis
- Nanothamnus sericeus
- Oligochaeta ramosa
- Pentanema cernuum
- Spilanthes iabadicensis
- Spilanthes radicans
- Spilanthes uliginosa
- Vernonia albicans
- Vernonia arborea
- Vernonia comorinensis
- Vernonia dalzelliana
- Vernonia gossypina
- Vernonia indica
- Vernonia monosis
- Vernonia peninsularis var. peninsularis
- Vernonia shevaroyensis
- Vernonia travancorica
- Vernonia vivekanathanii
- Wedelia urticifolia
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