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Asters And Composites (Asterales)

This group gathers Flowering Plants subcategory members belonging to the order Asterales, overwhelmingly the daisy or sunflower family Asteraceae (Compositae), the second-largest family of flowering plants, instantly recognizable by its composite flower head, a dense cluster of many small individual florets packed together and often ringed by larger, petal-like ray florets so the whole head reads to a pollinator as a single large flower. It spans garden favorites such as the sunflower, dandelion, chrysanthemum and daisy, aromatic and medicinal wormwoods and mugworts of the genus Artemisia, alpine specialists such as edelweiss and the Hawaiian silverswords, and everyday vegetables and weeds such as lettuce and burdock. The family's ecological success is closely tied to this flower-head strategy, which lets a plant offer a pollinator many small rewards in one visit rather than a single large one.

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Asters And Composites (Asterales)
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Achillea millefolium

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Anthemis arvensis

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Arctium lappa

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Arctium minus

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Artemisia absinthium

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Artemisia herba-alba

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Artemisia maritima

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Artemisia vulgaris

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Bellis perennis

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Bidens cernua

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Campanula rotundifolia

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Chocolate Cosmos

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Chondrilla juncea

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Cirsium vulgare

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Common Daisy

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Common Dandelion

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Common Sunflower

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Common Yarrow

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Downingia bacigalupii

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Edelweiss

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Garden Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Garden Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

German Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla)

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Glebionis segetum

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Hawaii Silversword

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Helichrysum arenarium

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Lettuce

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Leucanthemum vulgare

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Oxeye Daisy

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Silversword

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Tansy

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Tussilago farfara

Asters And Composites (Asterales)

Wild Sunflower

Asters And Composites (Asterales)
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1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank
WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, group 516577
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kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species
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2. Wikipedia: Flowering plant
WikipediaFlowering plant, lead section, etymology sentence, group 516577
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the seeds are enclosed within a fruit
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