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Plant
  habit
   herb
   shrub
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  misc features
   succulent
   not succulent
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
  sap
   latex absent (sap clear)
   latex present
Leaves
  scent
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
  type
   simple
   pinnatifid-pinnatisect
   compound
  stipules
   stipules absent
  arrangement
   alternate
   opposite
   basal
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade margin
   entire
   toothed
   lobed
  attachment to stem
   sessile or nearly so
   petiolate
   winged petiolate
Inflorescence
  position
   axillary
   terminal
  type
   solitary
   spike
   raceme
   umbel
   corymb
   head/capitate/glomerules
   panicle
   cymose
  plant sexuality
   monoecious
   dioecious
   hermaphrodite (flowers bisexual)
Flower
  corolla symmetry
   regular
   irregular
  corolla (petal) fusion
   sympetalous
  ovule placentation
   basal
Fruit
  consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery

Asteraceae

Species Count: 259

Asteraceae
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