Aizoaceae is a family of plants found mainly in warmer climates, especially South Africa, but represented by a few species in Europe. They are herbs with thick fleshy leaves. The flowers superficially resemble those of the daisy family, with numerous strap-shaped, petal-like segments. Research Aizoaceae
The chrysanthemum is a genus of hardy annual herbs and shrubs of the family Compositae, consisting of plants with single, large-stalked yellow flowers or with many small flowers; the rays are sometimes white. Two species are common weeds in Britain, Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum (the ox-eye daisy), a meadow plant with white ray-flowers, and Chrysanthemum segetum (the corn-marigold), a corn-field weed with golden-yellow ray-flowers. The chrysanthemum of gardens is a Chinese half-shrubby plant (Chrysanthemum. sinense), whose numerous varieties constitute one of the chief ornaments of gardens in the months of October, November, and December. Research Chrysanthemum
Compositae is the largest known family of plants containing over 23,000 species of herbs or shrubs found all over the world. The flowers (generally called florets) are numerous (with few exceptions) and sessile, forming a close head on the dilated top of the receptacle, and surrounded by an involucre of whorled bracts. The flowers are monopetalous, and the order is divided into three natural groups from the form of the corolla: (1) Tubuliflorae, in which it is tubular, with five, rarely four, teeth; (2) Labiatiflorae, in which it is divided into two lips; and (3) Liguliflorae, in which it is slit or ligulate. The stamens are inserted on the corolla, and their anthers are united into a tube (syngenesious). The style is two-cleft at the apex. The fruit is dry and seed-like. The head of numerous florets was called by the older botanists a compoundflower, hence the name. Many are common weeds, like the daisy, dandelion, thistle, etc; many are cultivated in gardens, such as the asters, marigold, etc; others have some economic or medicinal value, as chicory, artichoke, chamomile, lettuce, wormwood, arnica, etc. Research Compositae
The daisy is a genus of hardy perennial herbs of the Compositae family. The solitary flowerheads have white to pinkish, ligulate ray-florets and yellow, tubular disc-florets that close in the evening and are very attractive to bees. The fruit is an oval, downy achene without a pappus. Research Daisy
The gallant soldier or Joey Hooker (Galinsoga parviflora)is a South American plant of the family Compositae widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales. Research Gallant Soldier
Mountain tobacco (Arnicamontana) is a perennialherb with a creeping rhizome bearing an erect, branched, slightly hairy, glandular stem. The basal leaves are ovate and arranged in a rosette, downy and crowded near the stem base. The smaller and fewer stem leaves are ovate to lanceolate, opposite and sessile. The plant bears one to three terminal flowerheads, bright-yellow and daisy-like. Research Mountain Tobacco
The Paris daisy (Chrysanthemum frutescens) is a half-hardy plant with white flower-heads with yellow centres. It was introduced into England in the 17th century. Research Paris Daisy
Tarragon (Artemisiadracunculus) is a perennialherb of the daisy family, native to the Mediterranean countries. It has a rhizome, erect leafy stems and alternate green, entire, linear to lanceolate leaves. The flower heads are yellow, globose and rayless and are arranged in long, loose terminal panicles. The fruit is a cylindrical achene without a pappus. Tarragon is widely cultivated as a culinary herb, and used to a lesser extent in medicine as an aid to digestion and as a general tonic. Research Tarragon
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