Asteraceae — Daisy Family

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Lasthenia coronaria (Nutt.) Ornduff

Lasthenia coronaria (Nutt.) Ornduff

Lasthenia coronaria (Nutt.) Ornduff

Lasthenia coronaria is an annual sweet-scented yellow-flowered herb growing up to around 40 centimeters tall.

Eriophyllum multicaule (DC.) A.Gray

Eriophyllum multicaule (DC.) A.Gray

Eriophyllum multicaule (DC.) A.Gray

Eriophyllum multicaule, the manystem woolly sunflower, is a small annual flowering herb native to southwestern US chaparral.

Eriophyllum pringlei A.Gray

Eriophyllum pringlei A.Gray

Eriophyllum pringlei A.Gray

Pringle's woolly sunflower (Eriophyllum pringlei) is a small annual flowering plant native to southwestern North America.

Eriophyllum ambiguum (A.Gray) A.Gray

Eriophyllum ambiguum (A.Gray) A.Gray

Eriophyllum ambiguum (A.Gray) A.Gray

Eriophyllum ambiguum, common name beautiful woolly sunflower, is an annual flowering Asteraceae species native to western US deserts and adjacent hills.

Monolopia major DC.

Monolopia major DC.

Monolopia major DC.

Monolopia major DC. is an annual California endemic herb, often confused with similar M. lanceolata and distinguished by fused phyllaries.

Monolopia stricta Crum

Monolopia stricta Crum

Monolopia stricta Crum

Monolopia stricta, Crum's monolopia, is an endemic annual flowering herb of central California's open grasslands and chaparral.

Monolopia congdonii (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin

Monolopia congdonii (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin

Monolopia congdonii (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin

Monolopia congdonii is a small annual herb with tiny, nearly invisible yellow ray florets and yellow glandular disc florets.

Constancea nevinii (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin

Constancea nevinii (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin

Constancea nevinii (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin

Nevin's woolly sunflower, Constancea nevinii, is the only species in the monotypic genus Constancea, endemic to three California Channel Islands.

Pseudobahia heermannii (Durand) Rydb.

Pseudobahia heermannii (Durand) Rydb.

Pseudobahia heermannii (Durand) Rydb.

Pseudobahia heermannii (foothill sunburst, brittlestem) is an endemic California annual flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.

Syntrichopappus fremontii A.Gray

Syntrichopappus fremontii A.Gray

Syntrichopappus fremontii A.Gray

Syntrichopappus fremontii is a small annual yellow-flowered Asteraceae plant native to western North American deserts.

Denekia capensis Thunb.

Denekia capensis Thunb.

Denekia capensis Thunb.

Denekia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family, whose only species is native to southern and tropical Africa.

Muscosomorphe aretioides (Turcz.) J.C.Manning

Muscosomorphe aretioides (Turcz.) J.C.Manning

Muscosomorphe aretioides (Turcz.) J.C.Manning

Muscosomorphe aretioides is the only species in the monotypic genus Muscosomorphe, endemic to South Africa’s Western Cape.

Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray

Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray

Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray

Ancistrocarphus filagineus is a small annual flowering aster native to western North America.

Antennaria geyeri A.Gray

Antennaria geyeri A.Gray

Antennaria geyeri A.Gray

Antennaria geyeri A.Gray is a small dioecious perennial flowering herb native to the western United States, in the Asteraceae family.

Antennaria marginata Greene

Antennaria marginata Greene

Antennaria marginata Greene

Antennaria marginata, or whitemargin pussytoes, is a small dioecious North American flowering plant in the daisy family, native to northern Mexico and the southwestern US.

Antennaria media Greene

Antennaria media Greene

Antennaria media Greene

Antennaria media, or Rocky Mountain pussytoes, is a dioecious perennial flowering plant native to cold North American Arctic and alpine regions.

Antennaria microphylla Rydb.

Antennaria microphylla Rydb.

Antennaria microphylla Rydb.

Antennaria microphylla, or littleleaf pussytoes, is a perennial forb native to northern and western North America, grown as a garden groundcover.

Antennaria monocephala DC.

Antennaria monocephala DC.

Antennaria monocephala DC.

Pygmy pussytoes (Antennaria monocephala) is a small alpine and arctic flowering plant in the Asteraceae family with two subspecies.

Pseudognaphalium canescens (DC.) Anderb.

Pseudognaphalium canescens (DC.) Anderb.

Pseudognaphalium canescens (DC.) Anderb.

Pseudognaphalium canescens, or Wright's cudweed, is a biennial flowering plant in Asteraceae native to western North America.

Pseudognaphalium gaudichaudianum (DC.) Anderb.

Pseudognaphalium gaudichaudianum (DC.) Anderb.

Pseudognaphalium gaudichaudianum (DC.) Anderb.

Pseudognaphalium gaudichaudianum is a flowering Asteraceae species widely distributed across South America from Colombia to southern Argentina.

Pseudognaphalium cheiranthifolium (Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Pseudognaphalium cheiranthifolium (Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Pseudognaphalium cheiranthifolium (Lam.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Pseudognaphalium cheiranthifolium is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family native to western South America from Colombia to southern Chile.

Psilocarphus oregonus Nutt.

Psilocarphus oregonus Nutt.

Psilocarphus oregonus Nutt.

Psilocarphus oregonus Nutt. is a small annual woolly herb that bears tiny cottony spherical flower heads.

Psilocarphus elatior A.Gray

Psilocarphus elatior A.Gray

Psilocarphus elatior A.Gray

Psilocarphus elatior is a small annual flowering plant in Asteraceae native to western North America's Pacific Northwest.

Hesperevax sparsiflora (A.Gray) Greene

Hesperevax sparsiflora (A.Gray) Greene

Hesperevax sparsiflora (A.Gray) Greene

Hesperevax sparsiflora, or erect dwarf cudweed, is a small annual Asteraceae native to the US West Coast, with the world's smallest composite inflorescence.

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