habitat and other characteristics. The number of these newly discovered evolutionary events surprised the researchers.

The sunflower plant family (Asteraceae) is characterized by head-like inflorescences (capitula) that resemble single solitary flowers but are typically composed of tens to hundreds of flowers that are ...

Canada thistle, a terrestrial herbaceous perennial in the Asteraceae family, is an open-land invasive that prefers disturbed upland areas as well as wet areas with water fluctuations. Canada thistle ...

How does the classical ABCE model of flower development apply in Asteraceae? The presence of three distinct types of flowers in its inflorescence (ray, trans and disc flowers) makes Gerbera a unique ...

Bull thistle, a member of the Asteraceae family, is yet another herbaceous biennial on our list of invasives. Unfortunately, bull thistle can flourish in an array of sites ranging from meadows, ...