Asterales (weeds)

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Centaurea stoebe (Centaurea maculosa) (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s):Matt Lavin
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Asterales (weeds)

This is a large order of plants with more than 25,000, mainly herbaceous species. The plants resemble daisies, thistles, sunflowers and bellflowers. Many species have composite flowers formed from many florets. The morphology of the stamina is characteristic.

The group includes the following weed families: