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Asteraceae

21-Taraxacum flower

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This is a photo of one ray flower of Taraxacum officinale. The corolla is tubular below but zygomorphic and strap-like above; the anthers are connate into a tube, but the filaments are distinct above the point where they attach to the corolla tube.

Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent.

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