Asteraceae (Compositae)
Sunflower family
Family:
Asteraceae (Compositae) (Sunflower family) is a California plant.
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How to tell it apart
vs Apiaceae: Apiaceae hold their tiny 5-petaled flowers in open umbrella-like umbels, each on its own stalk; Asteraceae pack many florets into a single head ringed by involucral bracts, so the head looks like one flower.; vs Brassicaceae: Mustards have 4 cross-shaped petals per flower in an elongating raceme; Asteraceae bundle many tiny florets into a bracted head and crown the seed with a pappus rather than a calyx.; vs Fabaceae: Legumes have bilaterally symmetric pea flowers and pods; Asteraceae have composite heads of many small florets that mature into one-seeded achenes.; vs Lamiaceae: Mints have square stems, opposite leaves, and 2-lipped flowers in whorls; Asteraceae typically have round stems and flowers massed into bracted heads.; vs Arecaceae: Palms are woody, single-trunked monocots with giant fronds; Asteraceae are herbs or shrubs whose flowers form composite heads.
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Sources: Jepson eFlora
Last updated 2026-09-30
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