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ASTERACEAE
Centaurea americana
Common Name: American Basket-flower, Powderpuff Thistle
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| head showing phyllaries--the phyllaries appear like a basket (and thus the common name "basketflower") | head--this head is composed entirely of disk flowers, each with an extremely long corolla |
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| leaves--what kind of leaf margin is present? | |