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Are gerbera daisies related to dandelions?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 09/17/2017 @ 9:34 pm

Yes, gerberas and other daisies are related to dandelions. They belong to a plant family known as Asteraceae, also called the Composite Family. As you’ve noticed, the flowers have a similar shape, and each “flower” actually consists of many small flowers growing together (known as a composite flower). Here is more about it:

http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/leeci_unet/composite.html ^[1]
http://web.stanford.edu/group/dahlia_genetics/compositae_info.htm ^[2]

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[1] http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/leeci_unet/composite.html: http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/leeci_unet/composite.html

[2] http://web.stanford.edu/group/dahlia_genetics/compositae_info.htm: http://web.stanford.edu/group/dahlia_genetics/compositae_info.htm

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