Key to Tasmanian Dicots
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ASTERACEAE

Herbs
Not cushions
Stem leaves
Not Xanthium
Ray and tube flowers
Unhairy ovaries
Not Galinsoga
Pappus present
Green phyllaries
Phyllaries in multiple rows
Full pappus
Solitary heads

 
Basal leaves more less 10mm wide, ligulate flowers usually mauve to purple (rarely white) Vittadinia



Basal leaves more than 15 mm wide, ligulate flowers white to pinkish, usually with a pink tip.
   Erigeron (E. karvinskianus)



 
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