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Asteraceae
The flowering head of a sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is formed of yellow, petal-like ray flowers and a brown center of minute disk flowers.
The Asteraceae family, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or composite family, is one of the largest families of angiosperms. It comprises more than 1,620 genera and between 23,600 and 25,000 species of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants distributed globally.12