ECNH - HMB Wk 11

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Asteraceae - largest of all plant families
- Taraxacum officinale
- Arctium lappa
- Silybum marianum
- Cynara scolymus
- Calendula officinalis
- Solidago virgaurea
- Matricaria recutita
- Artemisia absinthium
Asteraceae - Tribe Lactuceae

Taraxacum officinale
Asteraceae - Tribe Cardueae
- Arctium lappa
- Silybum marianum
- Cynara scolymus
Asteraceae - Tribe Calenduleae

Calendula officinalis
Asteraceae - Tribe Astereae

Solidago virgaureae
Asteraceae - Tribe Anthemideae
- Matricaria recutita
- Artemisia absinthium
Asteraceae - spotting cahracteristics
- Leaves taste like bitter lettuce
- The inflorescence is a compact head surrounded by involucral bracts
Apiaceae - aka Umbeliferae
- - Angelicaarchangelica
- – Apium graveolens
- – Anethumgraveolens
- – Centella asiatica
- – Conium maculatum
- – Foeniculum vulgare
- – Bupleurum falcatum
- – Petroselinum crispum
Apiaceae - spotting characteristics
- - Herbaceous plants
- - Stems are often hollow or pithy between the nodes and ridged like celery
- - Leaves are deeply dissected or compound
- - Base of the petiole forms a sheath around the node
- - Flowers are small - actinomorphic
- - Ovary inferior
- - inflorescence is an umbel
Pinaceae family - spotting characteristics
- - Evergreen trees - 2m to 100m high
- - Fine needle like leaves in whorls
- - Leaves aromatic - Pinene
- - The cone is the predominant reproductive form
- - Resinous (upon cutting the exude resin)
- - Monoecious
Equistaceae family - spotting
- - No flowers, fruit or seeds are produced by this family.
- – They do possess root systems
- – Sporophyte is dominant stage (from the strobili that grow from the end of the stem)
- – Stems are green and photosynthetic – Not common in Australia

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ECNH - HMB Wk 11

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ECNH week 11 summary notes

Updated

2010-10-25T08:38:34Z

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