The Sunflower Family: A Guide to the Family Asteraceae in the Contiguous United States

Developed for wildflower enthusiasts, students, land managers, teachers, and other nonprofessional botanists interested in plant diversity, this book is the only comprehensive identification guide to the sunflower family of the contiguous United States and southern Canada. Featuring 1,765 photos to help identify 428 genera and nearly 700 species of sunflowers, daisies, asters, and their relatives found outside of cultivation, this guide is an essential resource. From lowly cudweeds to lively daisies and statuesque sunflowers—plants notoriously known to beginners as DYCs (“darned yellow composites”)—this volume includes geographic ranges, habitats, genus descriptions, supplementary comments, and cross-references to similar genera, all written in minimally technical language.