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Asteraceae

20-Taraxacum head l.s.

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This is a ligulate head of Taraxacum officinale in longitudinal section showing individual ray flowers. Can you see the milky sap? Milky sap is found in many (but not all) Asteraceae that have ligulate heads.

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

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