Thanks to Mauricio Bonifacino and Matt Taylor (Identic), the Lucid Key to the tribes of Compositae is now back online after having disappeared from the web for a few years:

https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v4/tribes-compositae-family/

#compositae #daisies #asteraceae #TICA

Key to the tribes of the Compositae family

The pappus of the Australian daisy Angianthus tomentosus consists of jagged scales topped by feathery bristles. #daisies #asteraceae #compositae
The flattened cypsela of Brachyscome aculeata, Australia. #daisies #compositae #asteraceae
The feathery pappus (parachuting hairs) on the cypsela (fruit) of Rhodanthe spicata from Western Australia. #asteraceae #compositae #dasies #microscopy

New England aster (𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘦-𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘦), from yesterday's hike:

#BloomScrolling #wildflowers #asters #flower #compositae

Wait a second, why does this herbarium sheet of a Calotis have the cypselas of a Rutidosis?

I guess that should teach me not to rely blindly on the specimen identifications of more senior botanists.

#asteraceae #compositae

Very happy that my Kleinia is finally producing its first flower-head. #asteraceae #compositae #succulents
Happy to have seen Celmisia sericophylla, which stands out among Australian Celmisias with its leaves woolly also on the upper side. The species is endemic to Victoria. #asteraceae #compositae #botany