asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

Campanulales, order Campanulales - an order or plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae

composite plant, composite - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

compass flower, compass plant - any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass

everlasting, everlasting flower - any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

genus Achillea - perennial often aromatic and sometimes mat-forming herbs of north temperate regions: yarrow; milfoil

Ageratina, genus Ageratina - annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America

genus Ageratum - genus of tropical American herbs grown for their flowers

Amberboa, genus Amberboa - herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers

genus Ambrosia - comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae

Ambrosiaceae, family Ambrosiaceae - in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds

genus Ammobium - small genus of Australian herbs grown for their flowers

Anacyclus, genus Anacyclus - Spanish pellitory

Anaphalis, genus Anaphalis - genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting

genus Andryala - genus of hardy hairy latex-producing perennials of Mediterranean area

Antennaria, genus Antennaria - small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles

Anthemis, genus Anthemis - dog fennel

Antheropeas, genus Antheropeas - small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum

Arctium, genus Arctium - burdock

Arctotis, genus Arctotis - herbs and subshrubs: African daisy

Argyranthemum, genus Argyranthemum - comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum

Argyroxiphium, genus Argyroxiphium - small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs

genus Arnica - large genus of herbs of north temperate and arctic regions

Arnoseris, genus Arnoseris - lamb succory

genus Artemisia - usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon

wormwood - any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium

sage brush, sagebrush - any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium

genus Aster - large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers

genus Ayapana - genus of tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Eupatorium

Baccharis, genus Baccharis - shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control

Balsamorhiza, genus Balsamorhiza - genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam

Bellis, genus Bellis - daisy

Bidens, genus Bidens - bur marigolds

Boltonia, genus Boltonia - genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters

Brachycome, genus Brachycome - mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads

Brickellia, genus Brickelia - genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath

Buphthalmum, genus Buphthalmum - oxeye