Asteraceae-Aster Family
by Science Staff
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 03/20/2013
Key to the genera of Asteraceae
1. Heads yellow; leaves all alternate...Baccharis
1. Heads white to green;
leaves opposite below...Iva
List of Asteraceae genera
- Acanthospermum
- Achillea
- Ageratina
- Ageratum
- Ambrosia
- Amphiachyris
- Antennaria
- Anthemis
- Arctium
- Arnoglossum
- Arnoseris
- Artemisia
- Baccharis
- Bellis
- Bidens
- Boltonia
- Brickellia
- Calendula
- Carduus
- Carlina
- Catananche
- Centaurea
- Chondrilla
- Chrysogonum
- Chrysopsis
- Cichorium
- Conoclinium
- Conyza
- Coreopsis
- Cosmos
- Crepis
- Cyclachaena
- Dittrichia
- Doellingeria
- Dyssodia - excluded genus
- Echinacea
- Echinops
- Eclipta
- Erechtites
- Erigeron
- Eupatorium
- Eurybia
- Euthamia
- Filago
- Gaillardia
- Galinsoga
- Gamochaeta
- Glebionis
- Grindelia
- Guizotia
- Hasteola
- Helenium
- Heliopsis
- Heterotheca
- Hieracium
- Hypochaeris
- Inula
- Ionactis
- Iva
- Ixeris
- Krigia
- Lactuca
- Lapsana
- Leontodon
- Leucanthemella
- Leucanthemum
- Liatris
- Logfia
- Madia
- Matricaria
- Mikania
- Mycelis
- Nipponanthemum
- Nothocalais
- Oclemena
- Oligoneuron
- Onopordum
- Packera
- Parthenium
- Petasites
- Picris
- Pityopsis
- Pluchea
- Polymnia
- Prenanthes
- Pyrrhopappus
- Ratibida
- Rudbeckia
- Sclerolepis
- Senecio
- Sericocarpus
- Silphium
- Silybum
- Smallanthus
- Solidago
- Sonchus
- Tagetes
- Tanacetum
- Taraxacum
- Tragopogon
- Tripleurospermum
- Tussilago
- Verbesina
- Vernonia
- Xanthium
- Xerochrysum