Asterid Families is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers the families of asterid plants, daisies, coffees, mints, nightshades, carrots, heaths and borages. An entry belongs here when its own cited article states that it is a family of asterids. It excludes rosid and monocot families. Members are placed by the classification their cited article gives, not by common name or appearance alone.
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Rubiaceae - Wikipedia
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Rubiaceae () is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family.
Wikipedia: Lamiaceae
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Lamiaceae or Labiatae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as mints, deadnettles, or sages.
Wikipedia: Solanaceae
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Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales.
Wikipedia: Apiaceae
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Apiaceae ( ), also called Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or as umbellifers.
Wikipedia: Ericaceae
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The Ericaceae () are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions.
Verbenaceae - Wikipedia
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The Verbenaceae ( VUR-bÉ™-NAY-see-ee), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants.
Wikipedia: Boraginaceae
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Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, has two significantly different circumscriptions as of December 2025.
Wikipedia: Asteraceae
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Asteraceae ( ) is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales.
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