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Asteraceae (Aster) Family

formerly Composite or Compositae

The Asteraceae family is a very large family of plants; characterized by having flowers in a head; flowers (usually termed florets) are typically of two types, inner florets termed disc or tubular florets and outer florets termed ray or ligulate florets. Many plants in this family have vegetative parts that grow in rosettes (clumps).

Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Chicory Cichorium intybus Dandelion Taraxacum officinale English Daisy Bellis perennis

Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum Perennial Sowthistle Sonchus arvensis Yarrow, Common Achillea millefolium Yellow Hawkweed Hieracium pratense

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