Asteraceae — Daisy Family
Carduus crispus L.
Carduus crispus L.
Carduus crispus L. is a thistle native to Eurasia with anti-tumor and pain-relieving properties, often a noxious weed in North America.
Carduus nutans L.
Carduus nutans L.
Carduus nutans L. is a variable thistle species, native to Eurasia and North Africa, invasive elsewhere, with historical medicinal uses.
Carduus pycnocephalus L.
Carduus pycnocephalus L.
Carduus pycnocephalus L. is a winter annual spiny thistle species, described here with all its key morphological features.
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis
Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis is a tall spiny thistle species that grows as a tenacious weed in disturbed areas, native to western Europe, Macaronesia, and western North Africa.
Carlina acaulis L.
Carlina acaulis L.
Carlina acaulis is a perennial alpine thistle native to central and southern Europe with known traditional medicinal and edible uses.
Carlina biebersteinii Bernh. ex Hornem.
Carlina biebersteinii Bernh. ex Hornem.
Carlina biebersteinii is a purple-flowered herb in Asteraceae found across parts of Eurasia, growing in dry meadows and thickets.
Carlina corymbosa L.
Carlina corymbosa L.
Carlina corymbosa L. is a Mediterranean thistle-like hemicryptophyte that blooms from June to August, pollinated by insects and dispersed by wind.
Carlina salicifolia (L.fil.) Cav.
Carlina salicifolia (L.fil.) Cav.
Carlina salicifolia is a low shrubby perennial native to Madeira, the Canaries, and nearby Atlantic islands.
Carlina vulgaris L.
Carlina vulgaris L.
Carlina vulgaris (carline thistle) is a spiny biennial thistle native to Eurasia and North Africa, invasive in some introduced regions.
Carpesium cernuum L.
Carpesium cernuum L.
Jarvis & al. (1993) wrongly listed C. abrotanoides L. as the generitype; Carpesium cernuum is the actual generitype.
Carphephorus bellidifolius (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray
Carphephorus bellidifolius (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray
Carphephorus bellidifolius, or sandy-woods chaffhead, is a hairless southeastern US aster with small purplish disc-only flower heads.
Carphephorus corymbosus (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
Carphephorus corymbosus (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
Carphephorus corymbosus is an up-to-120-cm herb with purplish flower heads found in sandy open habitats of the US Southeast.
Carphephorus odoratissimus (J.F.Gmel.) H.J.-C.Hebert
Carphephorus odoratissimus (J.F.Gmel.) H.J.-C.Hebert
Carphephorus odoratissimus, vanillaleaf, is a North American Asteraceae perennial from the southeastern US with known historical uses.
Carphephorus paniculatus (J.F.Gmel.) H.J.-C.Hebert
Carphephorus paniculatus (J.F.Gmel.) H.J.-C.Hebert
Carphephorus paniculatus, the hairy chaffhead, is a 3-foot-tall perennial dicot flowering plant native to parts of the southeastern United States.
Carphephorus subtropicanus DeLaney, N.Bissett & Weidenh.
Carphephorus subtropicanus DeLaney, N.Bissett & Weidenh.
Carphephorus odoratissimus, vanillaleaf, is a North American aromatic asteraceous perennial from the southeastern US with historical human uses.
Carthamus lanatus L.
Carthamus lanatus L.
Carthamus lanatus L. is a spiny yellow-flowered woolly plant that often forms small, matted thickets.
Carthamus tinctorius L.
Carthamus tinctorius L.
This is a detailed morphological description of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) with notes on its traditional uses.
Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br.
Cassinia aculeata (Labill.) R.Br.
Cassinia aculeata is an erect Australian shrub used in horticulture, whose foliage may cause skin irritations.
Cassinia longifolia R.Br.
Cassinia longifolia R.Br.
Cassinia longifolia is an erect aromatic Australian shrub that grows in forests and disturbed areas of southeastern Australia.
Cassinia sifton Orchard
Cassinia sifton Orchard
Cassinia sifton is an Australian multi-stemmed shrub that is classified as a weed in parts of New South Wales.
Catananche caerulea L.
Catananche caerulea L.
Catananche caerulea, or Cupid's dart, is a short-lived ornamental perennial native to western North Africa and southwestern Europe.
Celmisia discolor Hook.fil.
Celmisia discolor Hook.fil.
Celmisia discolor Hook.fil. is a white-flowered perennial native to South Island, New Zealand alpine and subalpine habitats.
Celmisia durietzii Cockayne & Allan
Celmisia durietzii Cockayne & Allan
Celmisia durietzii is a low New Zealand perennial flowering plant confirmed to grow in the South Island from Marlborough to Fiordland.
Celmisia glandulosa Hook.fil.
Celmisia glandulosa Hook.fil.
The type of Celmisia glandulosa Hook.fil. is from the Northern [North] Island of New Zealand at the foot of Tongariro, with lectotype K 882070 and isolectotype WELT SP 24131, lectotype designated by Allan in 1961.
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