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Its a windy day, so I need a diversion. How many members of the Daisy family (Asteracea) can you find in the list of 25 plants below?

Achillea, Ageratum, Aster, Bellis, Burdock, Calendula (marigold), Chamomile, Chicory, Corncockle, Dahlia, Dandelion, Echinacea (purple coneflower), Echinops (globe thistle), Groundsel, Iceberg Lettuce, Jerusalem Artichoke, Knapweed, Liatris spicata, Marrow, Monada, Osteopermum, Santolina (lavender cotton), Solidago (golden rod), Tarragon, Zinnia,

Answers please before you look them up

 

not sure about Ageratum, never having seen one. Otherwise all bar three!

 

I'd say ageratum is one too - it's the floss flower - has loads of petals, of the asteraceae type... I know the jerusalem artichoke is a sunflower, so it'll be one too...... as well as the more obvious ones. I bet you're tricking us, Peter, and they all are - however unlikely! Can't see the iceberg lettuce as one, but I bet it is!

 

No - they are not all daisies. Answer in a bit.

 

Well I found 5

But.. I'm only a beginner...cough.. :D

 

Ok, if you promise it's not a trick, Peter - this is what I reckon - the following ARE in the asteraceae family......

ageratum, aster, bellis, calendula, chamomile, conrncockle, dandelion, echinacea, echinops, groundsel, jerusalem artichoke, knapweed, osteospermum, solidago and Zinnia.

I'm not familiar with Santolina, but from the common name, I think not a member. I'm dubious about the liatris,as I don't know it well - it's one of those spikey ones, isn't it? So, again, I think not......

Monada (or is it monarda?) - again, the name is familiar, but not the plant. On balance, I think it probably should abe added to the list.....

Well - that's my shot at it! :D

 

Thanks Palustris, Dendro and Windy Miller for your answers, short of racial abuse I can only increase the viewer figures by waiting a little bit longer. :D

 

Not quite sure what you mean, Peter! But if it's al in aid of getting more posts to up the rankings, I'm all in favour! :D

 

Monarda is Mint family, that I do know.
Marrow is a Cucurbit.
Corncockle is Dianthus/Silene family.
So as I said all bar those three!

 

Palustris - you are just too good. You are absolutely correct, they are all members of the Daisy family except for the three you mentioned.

Even the Iceberg Lettuce is a Daisy in disguise. So you too were pretty close Dendro. And as you said the Jerusalem Artichoke is a sunflower. There is also Tarragon, Chicory and many other unlikely members in the family. I have to admit that I didn't know half of them till I read about the Daisy family a short while ago.

 

Well done, Palustris!! You've got an encyclopaedia for a brain! :D

The lettuce is the most surpising one, but I suppose it's just because we don't normally see any flowers for that, that it's so odd.

Everyone's talking about the Jerusalem artichokes at the moment, so I looked up about them, and found the likeliest reason for the "jerusalem" part of the name is that the Italian for sunflower is "Giresol" - and that it's part of that family.

Good test for us, Peter - and very interesting! :D

Can we have another one? Same conditions - no looking up books!!