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0 V Morphology of Flowering Plants (Contd.) Compositae (Asteraceae) Itis the largest dicot family and considered to be the most advanced family amongst angiosperms. Vegetative Characters Habit Mostly annual, rarely biennial herbs, shrubs, sometimes ree Root aaventtous,/ ap rovk stem Erect, herbaceous, branched, angular or yin Leaves Usual simple but sometimes compound and has reticulate Floral Characters : ‘Shipiles - nb lent Inflorescence : Head or capituum. Lange a Me tracks oggugated at He base A inflore- ‘Alterate or opposite phyllotaxy, exstipulate, petiolate or sos venation, SAR They are surrounded by involucre of bracts, may be heterogamous i.e. either having only ray florets or having only disc florets of homogamous, /.e., having both ray and disc frets Flower _: Mostly bisoxual but sometimes unisexual A: Epigynous usually pentamerous with reduction in certain whorls. A flower is tubular 1 qulode. (actinomorphic) or iguate (zygomorphic), bracteate or ebracteate.

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