Asteraceae Family — Genera & Species
Asteraceae is a plant family. PlantoScan has care guides for 4953 species in 1139 genera of this family. Pick a genus to see its species, or start with the notable species below.
Notable Asteraceae species
Common Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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White Wood Aster
Aster ageratoides
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Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
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Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Jerzy Opioła (Poland)CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisPlantoScan
Canadian Fleabane
Erigeron canadensis
Aaronsohnia factorovskyi
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Aaronsohnia pubescens
Mehdi ChetibiCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
Petrie s.n.
Abrotanella caespitosa
T. F. CheesemanCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Diem 956
Abrotanella diemii
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Oligosporus emarginatus
Abrotanella emarginata
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Swenson & Wedin 350
Abrotanella fertilis
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Genera in the Asteraceae family
- Erigeron208 species · e.g. Canadian Fleabane
- Olearia130 species · e.g. Mountain Daisy Bush
- Symphyotrichum105 species · e.g. Pineywoods Aster
- Senecio94 species · e.g. Adenotrichia amplexicaulis
- Brickellia83 species · e.g. Tarragon Brickellia
- Artemisia82 species · e.g. Southernwood
- Solidago80 species · e.g. Argentine Goldenrod
- Cirsium76 species · e.g. Creeping Thistle
- Hieracium72 species · e.g. White-flowered Hawkweed
- Metalasia56 species · e.g. Spiky Metalasia
- Taraxacum56 species · e.g. Taraxacum albiflorum
- Helianthus53 species · e.g. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
- Bidens47 species · e.g. Spanish Needles
- Cassinia42 species · e.g. Drooping Cassinia
- Baccharis38 species · e.g. Manzanita Baccharis
- Vernonia38 species · e.g. Narrowleaf Ironweed
- Centaurea37 species · e.g. Blue Cornflower
- Eupatorium37 species · e.g. White Thoroughwort
- Helichrysum37 species · e.g. Cotton Everlasting
- Packera36 species · e.g. Small-headed Ragwort
- Ericameria34 species · e.g. Cooper's Goldenbush
- Grindelia33 species · e.g. Ciliate Gumweed
- Sonchus33 species · e.g. Species Plantarum
- Antennaria32 species · e.g. Alpine pussytoes
- Coreopsis32 species · e.g. Desert coreopsis
- Arnica30 species · e.g. Doronicum acaule
- Felicia30 species · e.g. Journal of South African Botany
- Ozothamnus28 species · e.g. Alpine Everlasting
- Lactuca27 species · e.g. Alpine Lettuce
- Pentacalia27 species · e.g. Andean Pentacalia
- Tagetes27 species · e.g. African Marigold
- Ageratina26 species · e.g. Sticky ageratina
- Crepis25 species · e.g. Tapertip Hawksbeard
- Eurybia25 species · e.g. Compact aster
- Liatris25 species · e.g. Rough blazing star
- Brachyscome24 species · e.g. Daisies
- Heterotheca24 species · e.g. Arizona Golden Aster
- Ambrosia22 species · e.g. Common Ragweed
- Gynoxys22 species · e.g. Gynoxys lindenii
- Hymenoxys22 species · e.g. Bigelow's Rubberweed
- Abrotanella21 species · e.g. Petrie s.n.
- Helenium21 species · e.g. Bitter Sneezeweed
- Syncarpha21 species · e.g. Argyrocome argyropse
- Verbesina21 species · e.g. Crownbeard
- Celmisia20 species · e.g. Narrow-leafed Mountain Daisy
- Deinandra19 species · e.g. Purple Ageratum
- Dimorphotheca19 species · e.g. Cape Marigold
- Flaveria19 species · e.g. Narrowleaf Yellowtops
- Achillea18 species · e.g. Southernwood Yarrow
- Angianthus18 species · e.g. Button Flower
- Aster18 species · e.g. White Wood Aster
- Chaenactis18 species · e.g. Artemisia-leaf dustymaiden
- Coronidium17 species · e.g. Boorman's Everlasting
- Koanophyllon17 species · e.g. Koanophyllon villosum
- Mikania17 species · e.g. Creeping Daisy
- Arctotis16 species · e.g. African Daisy
- Chromolaena16 species · e.g. Bigelow's Thoroughwort
- Gnephosis16 species · e.g. Needle-leaf Gnephosis
- Isocoma16 species · e.g. White-top
- Lasthenia16 species · e.g. Burke's Goldfields
See also the plant genera A–Z and the complete plant care guide.