. & Gray (Asteraceae) Native Plants J. 8 45 57 10.2979/NPJ.2007.8.1.45 Doyle, J.J. Doyle, J.L. 1987 A rapid DNA isolation procedure for small quantities of fresh leaf tissue Phytochem. Bul. 19 11 15
appealing landscape ( Niu and Rodriguez, 2006 ). Asteraceae is an exceedingly large family of flowering plants widespread in the wild and landscape. Many aster species have been studied for salt tolerance, and their responses to salinity are highly dependent
Lychnophora pinaster Mart. (arnica; Asteraceae) is a native woody perennial species from Brazil endemic to the stony fields of the Brazilian Cerrado, a woodland savanna, where it grows as 0.4- to 2.4-m tall bushes. Flowering occurs from August
, equilibrium RH drying techniques, and SSAA assays to address these questions. Materials and Methods Seed materials and initial measurements. Gaillardia pulchella (Asteraceae) is an herbaceous forb native to the United States and naturally occurs within
(above) and abaxial (below) leaf profiles of MN Sel’n. 00-100-382, Mammoth TM ‘Lavender Daisy’. Arrow denotes the fine extension of the leaf to the base of the petiole. Bar = 1 cm. As a member of the Asteraceae (= Compositae), each flower of Mammoth
., 1976 ). This is promising and suggests that auxin may also initiate callus and rooting in stem cuttings for R. columnifera . In a study of Grindelia , another member of the Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl family, cuttings were exposed to IBA in various
were dominant to S 2 ( S 1 > S 2 ). If S 1 > S 2 in pollen or pistil, but not both, the cross is compatible in one direction but incompatible in the reciprocal direction. According to Charlesworth (1985) , 40 genera of Asteraceae
inflorescences, since it is a member of the Asteraceae (=Compositae), with ray petal (gynoecious) and disk (hermaphroditic; perfect) florets. On average, a second year plant produces as many as 3000–4000 flowers ( Anderson and Ascher, 2008 ). Flower buds of the
-Lore, 1997 ). Members of Asteraceae are among the native wildflowers commonly planted. More than one-fifth of the wildflowers in Texas belong to this family ( TxDOT, 2011 ). An important consideration in native planting is the need to maintain the genetic
–green group 148B. Phyllaries (involucral bracts) are crenulate with a glabrous texture, ranging from 0.2 to 0.4 cm in length and uniformly in the RHS green group 137A. The inflorescence is a composite (Asteraceae) of numerous disc and ray florets and is