1. Estimated 620 plant families

2. Classification Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Families Genus
Species

3. Our first family is one of the more common and most prevalent of the plant families.

4. Asteraceae Family Sunflower Family
Characteristics
Used to be called the composite family because of the flower heads
Center is made of small disk flowers
Seed gets papus

5. Asteraceae Family Sunflower Family
Characteristics
Leaves are alternate or opposite
Leaves are
Usually toothed,
Lobed or divided

6. Brassicaceae family Mustard Family
Characteristics
Flower has 4 petals, not fused, making a cross from above, usually pink, white or yellow
Leaf simple, alternate, often lobed, with pinnate venation (base of leaf clump)

7. Brassicaceae family Mustard Family
Seed pod contains pith and splits in two
Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale

8. Rosaceae family (Rose family)
5 petals and 5 sepals
Base of flower is fused together to form a cup-like structure.
Showy flowers with noticeable stamen

9. Rosaceae family
Leaves have serrate edges Alternate or spiral on the stem with a stipule at the base

10. Example Plants
Rose
Hawthorn
Apple, pear
Blackberry, raspberry
Strawberry, cherry

11. Fabaceae family Bean or pea family
Symbiotic with nitrogen fixing bacteria
5 petals each with a specific name
Flowers usually on stock with many flowers

12. Leaves are alternate or compound
Often leaves end in tendrils
Fruit is usually in a pod, like a pea pod

13. Fabaceae family
Example plants
Peas, beans
Vetch
Lupine
Clover
Lotus

14. Lamiaceae Family Mint Family
Opposite Leaves symmetrical along central axis of stem
Usually aromatic
Flowers kind of look like little dragons
Usually squared stems

15. Lamiaceae Family Mint Family
Example Plants
Peppermint
Sage
Basil
Thyme
Rosemary
Lamium
Lemon Balm

16. Apiaceae Family Carrot/Ginsing Family
Hollow stems
Alternate leaves, often dissected or lobed, with pinnate venation
Flowers arranged in umbels or double umbels

17. Apiaceae Family Carrot/Ginsing Family
5 petals not fused
Sepals reduced or absent
Often poisonous
Example plants:
Queen Anne’s Lace, Carrot, Parsley, poison hemlock