Daisy family (Asteraceae/Compositae)

Flowers in the daisy family are arranged in compound heads, consisting of numerous florets seated on a disc and surrounded by a whorl of green bracts. There are two types of florets: discs (the shorter central ones) and rays (longer surrounding ones). Some flowers have both types, such as daisies, mayweeds and ragworts, many have just the ray florets, such as dandelions, thistles and knapweeds, and a few have just the disc florets, for example tansy and pineappleweed.
This is the largest family, and for a long time was known as the Compositae, named after the compound flowers, but has recently reverted to the older name Asteraceae.

List of flowers currently featured in the Daisy family

Daisy Oxeye Daisy Dandelion Leopard's-bane Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod
Daisy
Bellis perennis 		Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare 		Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale 		Leopard's-bane
Doronicum pardalianches 		Goldenrod
Solidago virgaurea 		Canadian Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis


Sea Aster Michaelmas Daisy Common Ragwort Marsh Ragwort Corn Marigold Common Fleabane Canadian Fleabane
Sea Aster
Aster tripolium 		Michaelmas Daisy
Aster novi-belgii 		Common Ragwort
Senecio jacobaea 		Marsh Ragwort
Senecio aquaticus 		Corn Marigold
Chrysanthemum segetum 		Common Fleabane
Pulicaria dysenterica 		Canadian Fleabane
Conyza canadensis


Guernsey Fleabane Mugwort Scentless Mayweed Scented Mayweed Sea Mayweed Pineappleweed
Guernsey Fleabane
Conyza sumatrensis 		Mugwort
Artemesia vulgaris 		Scentless Mayweed
Tripleurospermum inodorum 		Scented Mayweed
Matricaria recutita 		Sea Mayweed
Tripleurospermum maritimum 		Pineappleweed
Matricaria discoidea


Sneezewort Yarrow Groundsel Heath Groundsel Sticky Groundsel Common Cudweed
Sneezewort
Achillea ptarmica 		Yarrow
Achillea millefolium 		Groundsel
Senecio vulgaris 		Heath Groundsel
Senecio sylvaticus 		Sticky Groundsel
Senecio viscosus 		Common Cudweed
Filago vulgaris


Marsh Cudweed Tansy Feverfew Golden Samphire Ploughman's-Spikenard
Marsh Cudweed
Gnaphalium uliginosum 		Tansy
Tanacetum vulgare 		Feverfew
Tanacetum parthenium 		Golden Samphire
Inula crithmoides 		Ploughman's-Spikenard
Inula conyzae


Nodding Bur-marigold Blue Fleabane Goat's-beard Salsify Mountain Everlasting Colt's-foot
Nodding Bur-marigold
Bidens cernua 		Blue Fleabane
Erigeron acer 		Goat's-beard
Tragopogon pratensis 		Salsify
Tragopogon porrifolius 		Mountain Everlasting
Antennaria dioica 		Colt's-foot
Tussilago farfara


Butterbur Winter Heliotrope Hemp Agrimony Carline Thistle Spear Thistle Creeping Thistle Marsh Thistle
Butterbur
Petasites hybridus 		Winter Heliotrope
Petasites fragrans 		Hemp Agrimony
Eupatorium cannabinum 		Carline Thistle
Carlina vulgaris 		Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare 		Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense 		Marsh Thistle
Cirsium palustre


Woolly Thistle Dwarf Thistle Melancholy Thistle Meadow Thistle Welted Thistle Slender Thistle
Woolly Thistle
Cirsium eriophorum 		Dwarf Thistle
Cirsium acaule 		Melancholy Thistle
Cirsium heterophyllum 		Meadow Thistle
Cirsium dissectum 		Welted Thistle
Carduus crispus 		Slender Thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus


Musk Thistle Cotton Thistle Common Knapweed Greater Knapweed Cornflower
Musk Thistle
Carduus nutans 		Cotton Thistle
Onopordum acantium 		Common Knapweed
Centaurea nigra 		Greater Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa 		Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus


Saw-wort Burdock Chicory Wall Lettuce Prickly Lettuce
Saw-wort
Serratula tinctoria 		Burdock
Arctium spp 		Chicory
Cichorium intybus 		Wall Lettuce
Mycelis muralis 		Prickly Lettuce
Lactuca serriola


Smooth Sow-thistle Prickly Sow-thistle Perennial Sow-thistle Bristly Oxtongue Hawkweed Oxtongue Nipplewort Cat's-ear
Smooth Sow-thistle
Sonchus oleraceus 		Prickly Sow-thistle
Sonchus asper 		Perennial Sow-thistle
Sonchus arvensis 		Bristly Oxtongue
Picris echoides 		Hawkweed Oxtongue
Picris hieracioides 		Nipplewort
Lapsana communis 		Cat's-ear
Hypochaeris radicata


Beaked Hawk's-beard Smooth Hawk's-beard Mouse-ear Hawkweed Fox-and-Cubs Hawkweed Autumn Hawkbit
Beaked Hawk's-beard
Crepis vesicaria 		Smooth Hawk's-beard
Crepis capillaris 		Mouse-ear Hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum 		Fox-and-Cubs
Pilosella aurantiaca 		Hawkweed
Hieracium spp 		Autumn Hawkbit
Leontodon autumnalis


Rough Hawkbit
Rough Hawkbit
Leontodon hispidus





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