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Plant Family Characteristics for Field Identification NAME:                                                           
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons) Part 3
Selected families of Subclass Asteridae.
FAMILY CALYX COROLLA ANDROECIUM GYNOECIUM FRUIT LEAVES OTHER NOTES,
common genera
Subclass Asteridae: Characters of this diverse order include: presence of sympetaly and an androecium with stamens either equal to or less than the number of corolla lobes and positioned between the corolla lobes. Many families feature a bicarpellate gynoecium and epipetalous stamens.
Asclepiadaceae

Milkweed
 
 
Solanaceae

Nightshade
 
  		            Solanum = Nightshade,
Datura = Jimson Weed,
Physalis = Ground Cherry
Scrophulariaceae

Snapdragon
 
  		            Scrophularia = Figwort,
Penstemon = Beard Tongue,
Veronica = Speedwell,
Verbascum = Mullein,
Mimulus = Monkey Flower
Lamiaceae
or
Labiatae
Mint
 
  		             
Asteraceae
or
Compositae
Sunflower
or Composite