Asteraceae (Aster) of the Pacific Northwest
Will need to separate into different parts because there are 1,000+ species. This one will help to get to the subfamily or genera first.
Probably separate into the subfamilies: (check on Tropicos for accepted / current ...more ↓
chicories and endives
Cichorium is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. The genus includes two cultivated species commonly known as chicory or endive, plus several wild species.
Nippleworts
Lapsana is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Europe and northern Asia. Nipplewort is a common name for plants in this genus.
chicories, dandelions, and allies
The Cichorioideae are a subfamily of the family Asteraceae of flowering plants. Familiar members of Cichorioideae include lettuce, dandelions, chicory and Gazania species. The subfamily comprises about 240 genera and about 2900 species. It is heterogeneous and hard to characterize except with molecular characters.
Cat's-Ears
Hypochaeris is a genus of plants in the dandelion family. Many species are known as cat's ear. These are annual and perennial herbs generally bearing flower heads with yellow ray florets.
bristly oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides, known as bristly oxtongue, is a stiff annual or biennial herb native to Europe and North Africa. It was traditionally used as an antihelminthic treatment.
silverpuffs
Microseris is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family, native to North America, Australia, and New Zealand. It contains the following species:
Oxtongues
Picris (oxtongues) is a genus in the sunflower family described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
Wirelettuces
Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.
hawkbit
Leontodon is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family (Compositae), commonly known as hawkbits.
Salsifies
Tragopogon, also known as goatsbeard or salsify, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It includes the vegetable known as salsify, as well as a number of common wild flowers, some of which are usually regarded as weeds.
hawkbit
Leontodon is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family (Compositae), commonly known as hawkbits.
Pleiacanthus
Pleiacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family containing the single species Pleiacanthus spinosus (formerly Stephanomeria spinosa), which is known by the common name thorn skeletonweed, or thorny skeletonweed. It is native to the western United States from Montana and Idaho to southern California and Arizona, where ...more ↓
wild lettuces
Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia.
Mycelis
Prenanthes is a genus of plant in the family Asteraceae, often referred to as rattlesnake root.
Chondrilla
Chondrilla is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia, and certain taxa are known as introduced species outside their native range. The best known of these is rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea), a noxious weed established in Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
hawkweeds
Hieracium /haɪ.əˈræsiəm/, known by the common name hawkweed and classically as hierakion (from ancient Greek ιεράξ, hierax 'hawk'), is a genus of the sunflower (Helianthus) family Asteraceae (or Compositae), and closely related to dandelion (Taraxacum), chicory (Cichorium), prickly lettuce (Lactuca) and sow thistle ...more ↓
sow thistles
Sonchus is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.
rattlesnake roots
Nabalus is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family.
silverpuffs
Microseris is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family, native to North America, Australia, and New Zealand. It contains the following species:
Virginia dwarfdandelion
Krigia virginica, also known as dwarf dandelion or Virginia dwarf dandelion, is a North American species of plants in the aster family (Asteraceae). This plant is a spring annual, consisting of a small rosette of leaves up to 6" across and one or more flowering stalks up to 14" tall. Individual plants can bloom while they are a remarkably small size (only 2" ...more ↓
Lygodesmia
Lygodesmia, called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.
desert dandelions
Malacothrix is a genus of plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. They are known generally as desert dandelions or desertdandelions. Most are native to western North America although a few have been introduced to South America. Several are found only on offshore islands in the Pacific.
Uropappus
Uropappus, commonly called silverpuffs, is a genus of North American plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. Some authors accept only one species, U. lindleyi, and separate Stebbinsoseris.
dandelions
Taraxacum (/təˈræksəkʊm/) is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The scientific and hobby study of the genus is known as taraxacology. The genus is native to Eurasia and North America, but the two most commonplace species worldwide, T. officinale (the common dandelion) and ...more ↓
Nothocalais
Nothocalais is a genus of North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris.
Nothocalais
Nothocalais is a genus of North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. There are known generally as false dandelions or false agoseris.
Askellia
Askellia is a genus of Asian and North American plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.
hawksbeards
Crepis, commonly known in some parts of the world as hawksbeard or hawk's-beard (but not to be confused with the related genus Hieracium with a similar common name), is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants of the family Asteraceae superficially resembling the dandelion, the most conspicuous difference being that Crepis usually has ...more ↓
mountain dandelion
Agoseris is a small genus of annual or perennial herbs in the Asteraceae or sunflower family described as a genus in 1817.
white hawkweed
Hieracium albiflorum is a common and widespread North American plant in the sunflower family, known by the names white hawkweed and white-flowered hawkweed.
