Commonly known as daisy family or
sunflower family.
This is the largest family of the flowering
plants.
Diagnostic Characters
Most plants show herbaceous habit.
Flowers are aggregated together in dense head
bracts, which make them very conspicuous an
Floral parts are completely whorled and typica
, ASTERACEAE (COMP
Diagnostic Characters
Corolla tube is short enough to enable the nec
Fruits are very light due to the presence of hai
Common plants
Helianthus annuus
Cichorium intybus
Tridax procumbens
Calendula officinalis