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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Lasthenia
Lasthenia
See list of 2 species in this genus-
1a. Involucre 5–10 mm tall; anthers of disk flowers triangular at apex; styles of disk flowers triangular at apex; pappus of 1–7 awns or awn-tipped scales or absent; leaf blades entire
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1b. Involucre 4–6 mm tall; anthers of disk flowers ovate to elliptic at apex; styles of disk flowers triangular to dome-shaped at apex; pappus of 2 or 3 narrow-lanceolate to lanceolate scales intermixed with shorter, truncate, fringed scales or absent; leaf blades entire to toothed
Show photos of: Each photo represents one species in this genus.