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How many individual florets can occur in one Asteraceae flower head?

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Sunflower — 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.

In the Asteraceae family, the characteristic flower heads—often mistaken for individual flowers—are actually compact inflorescences composed of many small flowers known as florets.

An individual head within this family can contain more than 1,000 of these florets.1