Elements of Botany, Plate 24

Benjamin Barton Smith1804/1804

Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States

This plate depicts a plant of the Asteraceae family. Asters are distinctive in having many flowers in a group to create a composite flower, such as with daisies and dandelions.

http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Asteraceae.htm

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Title: Elements of Botany, Plate 24
Creator: Benjamin Barton Smith
Date: 1804/1804
Location: London, England
Publisher: Licensed under Creative Commons by Library of Virginia (CCBY)
Original Source: Elements of botany, or, Outlines of the natural history of vegetables : illustrated by thirty plates

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