Compositae

Asteracea family, which used to be called the Compositae family (and still is in some field guides).

A Passion for Nature 2008

Asteracea family, which used to be called the Compositae family (and still is in some field guides).

A Passion for Nature 2008

First the two most insect-prone families – the economically important Fabales (including the legumes and milkworts) and the Compositae (the daisy or sunflower family) – will be moved into the new wing.

Kew Gardens: 'Plants are not just beautiful. They help us to survive' 2010

One of the extensive family of Compositae, its long, tapering and shapely buds suggest an even better show than the common dandelion – but in general the flower doesn't live up to its youthful promise, lasting only a short time.

Country diary: North Derbyshire 2010

Only the sunflower (Asteraceae, or Compositae), legume (Fabaceae, or Leguminosae), and orchid (Orchidaceae) families are larger.

Grasses 2009

The region is considered as a center for plant diversity for the genera Hechtia, Salvia and some Compositae.

Tehuacán Valley matorral 2007

The pistil consists of a stigma supported on a style; but in some Compositae, the male florets, which of course cannot be fecundated, have a rudimentary pistil, for it is not crowned with a stigma; but the style remains well developed and is clothed in the usual manner with hairs, which serve to brush the pollen out of the surrounding and conjoined anthers.

Darwin and the vermiform appendix - The Panda's Thumb 2009

The highlands of Guatemala are the northernmost reaches for the páramo vegetation of the northern Andes, including the families, Umbelliferae and Compositae.

Biological diversity in Mesoamerica 2008

The two outstanding features of the representation of families in the southern Drakensberg flora are the high percentages of Compositae (285 species) and of monocotyledons (five families), which together comprise over 55% of the flora.

UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, South Africa 2008

There are also 64 endemic genera, including 21 from the family Umbelliferae and 12 from the family Compositae.

Biological diversity in the mountains of Central Asia 2008