Asteraceae — Daisy Family

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Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae
Raoulia hookeri Allan

Raoulia hookeri Allan

Raoulia hookeri Allan

Raoulia hookeri is a small mat-forming New Zealand alpine perennial with silver leaves and tiny yellow summer flowers.

Raoulia tenuicaulis Hook.fil.

Raoulia tenuicaulis Hook.fil.

Raoulia tenuicaulis Hook.fil.

Raoulia tenuicaulis is a small mat-forming shrub native to New Zealand that grows in stony riverbeds and hosts Cuscuta epythymum.

Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.

Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.

Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.

Ratibida columnifera, prairie coneflower, is a North American native plant valued for gardens and used by the Zuni people as an emetic.

Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart

Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart

Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart

Ratibida pinnata is a hardy North American perennial Asteraceae grown ornamentally, attracting butterflies and birds.

Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth

Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth

Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth

Reichardia picroides is a Mediterranean-native Asteraceae species whose Cretan local variety is eaten by locals.

Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth

Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth

Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth

Reichardia tingitana is an annual yellow-flowered herb used in Middle Eastern folk medicine, found naturally and introduced globally.

Rhanterium epapposum Oliv.

Rhanterium epapposum Oliv.

Rhanterium epapposum Oliv.

Rhanterium epapposum, arfaj, is a bushy desert forage shrub and the national flower of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Rigiopappus leptocladus A.Gray

Rigiopappus leptocladus A.Gray

Rigiopappus leptocladus A.Gray

Rigiopappus leptocladus, sometimes called wireweed, is the only species in the Rigiopappus genus, native to the western United States.

Roldana petasitis (Sims) H.Rob. & Brettell

Roldana petasitis (Sims) H.Rob. & Brettell

Roldana petasitis (Sims) H.Rob. & Brettell

Roldana petasitis is an evergreen subshrub native to Mexico and Central America, naturalized in parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Rudbeckia amplexicaulis Vahl

Rudbeckia amplexicaulis Vahl

Rudbeckia amplexicaulis Vahl

Clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis, synonym Rudbeckia amplexicaulis) is the only species in the Dracopis genus, a North American coneflower in Asteraceae.

Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton is a herbaceous perennial daisy-like flowering plant with seven cultivated varieties.

Rudbeckia hirta L.

Rudbeckia hirta L.

Rudbeckia hirta L.

Rudbeckia hirta L. is a cultivated North American flowering plant toxic to cats, with traditional Native American medicinal uses.

Rudbeckia laciniata L.

Rudbeckia laciniata L.

Rudbeckia laciniata L.

Rudbeckia laciniata is a North American perennial herb, widely cultivated as an ornamental with edible young cooked leaves.

Rudbeckia maxima Nutt.

Rudbeckia maxima Nutt.

Rudbeckia maxima Nutt.

Rudbeckia maxima Nutt., the great coneflower, is an ornamental eight-foot tall flowering plant in Asteraceae eaten by seed-feeding small birds.

Rudbeckia missouriensis Engelm. ex C.L.Boynton & Beadle

Rudbeckia missouriensis Engelm. ex C.L.Boynton & Beadle

Rudbeckia missouriensis Engelm. ex C.L.Boynton & Beadle

Rudbeckia missouriensis (Missouri coneflower) is an Asteraceae flowering plant native to central US Ozarks.

Rudbeckia occidentalis Nutt.

Rudbeckia occidentalis Nutt.

Rudbeckia occidentalis Nutt.

Rudbeckia occidentalis, or western coneflower, is a perennial herb native to the northwestern US that grows in moist habitats like meadows.

Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh

Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh

Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh

Sweet coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa) is an erect herbaceous perennial flowering plant in Asteraceae native to central US.

Rudbeckia texana (Perdue) P.B.Cox & Urbatsch

Rudbeckia texana (Perdue) P.B.Cox & Urbatsch

Rudbeckia texana (Perdue) P.B.Cox & Urbatsch

Rudbeckia texana is a robust perennial flowering plant native to the US Gulf Coast, that blooms from May to November.

Rudbeckia triloba L.

Rudbeckia triloba L.

Rudbeckia triloba L.

Rudbeckia triloba is a hairy North American herb grown in gardens, with abundant yellow flower heads.

Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray

Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray

Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray

Sanvitalia abertii is an annual flowering herb in the Asteraceae family native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.

Sanvitalia procumbens Lam., common name Mexican creeping zinnia, is the type species of genus Sanvitalia in Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae.

Saussurea alpina (L.) DC.

Saussurea alpina (L.) DC.

Saussurea alpina (L.) DC.

Saussurea alpina, or alpine saw-wort, is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family found from Europe to Siberia and China.

Scabrethia scabra (Hook.) W.A.Weber

Scabrethia scabra (Hook.) W.A.Weber

Scabrethia scabra (Hook.) W.A.Weber

Scabrethia is a monotypic North American Asteraceae genus with one recognized species, badlands mule-ears Scabrethia scabra.

Schizogyne sericea (L.fil.) DC.

Schizogyne sericea (L.fil.) DC.

Schizogyne sericea (L.fil.) DC.

Schizogyne sericea is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.

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