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Fruit<br />

Seed<br />

A cypsela.<br />

Non-endospermous.<br />

Floral formula<br />

Br., Ebrl., , , K ∝ , C (5) , A (5) , G (2)<br />

Ligulate or ray florets<br />

Bracteate, ebracteolate, sessile, incomplete, pistillate, zygomorphic<br />

and epigynous.<br />

Calyx<br />

Reduced into numerous hairy outgrowths called pappus arranged on<br />

top of the ovary and persistent.<br />

Corolla<br />

Petals 5, gamopetalous, irregular, ligulate or bilabiate, the anterior lip<br />

is large and 3 lobed, the posterior one is small in the form of 2 teeth like<br />

projections showing valvate aestivation.<br />

Androecium<br />

Absent.<br />

Gynoecium<br />

Ovary inferior, bicarpellary and syncarpous. Ovary unilocular with a<br />

single ovule on basal placentation. Style simple with bifid stigma.<br />

Fruit<br />

A cypsela.<br />

Seed<br />

Non-endospermous.<br />

Floral formula<br />

Br., Ebrl.,%, , K ∝ , C (5) , A 0 , G (2)<br />

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