The Composite Family

This family is tied with Orchidaceae as the largest, with over 32 thousand species recorded. All of these species have exactly one trait in common - there is one seed per fruit. This family is so broad that it has several tribes. The specimens below have been sorted into their respective tribes. Daisies, goldenrods, dandelions, blazing stars, ragweed, beggarticks, yarrow, joe-pye weeds, and of course, asters, are all part of this family.

Tribe Anthemidae

Tribe Astereae

Tribe Coreopsidae

Tribe Eupatorieae

Tribe Cichorieae

Tribe Heliantheae