composite flowers many flowers in one

Composite: Many Flowers

in One

Lesson 1.8

Composite Family of Plants• The largest family of flowering plants. This is the

family that goldenrod flower belong to.

• God designed the composite to be very showy

plants that would easily attract the insects the

plants depend on for pollination.

Composite• Composite means “made of many parts”.

• The Flower of a composite is actually not just one

flower but is a hundred flowers, called flower head.

Composite• Disk • Disk Flowers

Composite• Ray Flower

Composite• The Petals help to attract the insect to the flowers.

• Some composite flower does not have both the disk or ray

flower

• Disk Flower Only • Ray Flower Only

1. Daisy• Come from the Old English Word “day’s eye”

because the blossom close at nigth and opens at

dawn.

2. Aster• Greek word: Star

• Look like daisy but has more than one flower head

3. Black Eyed Susan• Are sometimes called the yellow daisies• Looks like a daisy with yellow ray flower and brown disk flower

• Have hairy stems that are difficult to pick

4. Butter and eggs(toadflax)• Has the color of egg yolks

• The flowers are full of

nectar which attracts

bumblebees

5. Ironweed• Water loving plant

• Can be troublesome on pasture

grounds as it is not edible by

livestock and spreads quickly.

6. Cardinal Flower• Grows up to 4 ft tall

• Has brilliant red blossoms which attracts hummingbirds

5. Goldenrod• Small flowers are arranged in a stalk• The blossoms produces large amounts of pollen and nectar

which attracts all sorts of insects

Ray Flower

Disk Flower

8. Jewelweed (touch me not)• Only hummingbirds and bumblebees have long enough

tongues to reach the nectar deep within the flowers of

jewelweeds.

• The ripe seeds of jewelweed will burst open on the slightest

touch

9. Queen Anne’s Lace• Is a flower that is made up of many cluster of tiny white

flowers with one dark red or purple flower in the center.

• The plant smells like the carrot plant

• In late summer the flowers curl up, giving the plant the name

“bird’s nest”

10. Chicory• The flowers are bright in the morning but will wilt by

noon. The roots are sometimes ground to make a

coffee like beverage.

11. Tansy• Looks like daisies that have

had their white rays removed.

• Sometimes called bitter

buttons

12. Dandelion• It has ray flowers but no disk flowers

• The flower heads open and close every day

13. Thistle• Its very hard to pick up a thistle flower.

Painted Lady Butterfly

Goldfinch

• The Goldfinch or wild canary

• Name came from it’s yellow color and that it is a

finch(seed eater)

• Has beautiful song and always twitters away

• The female has a duller yellow color

• Eats weed seeds, fruits, aphids and caterpillars

Homework

Read and record some information regarding our national flower, sampaguita.

Be ready for a short information sharing regarding the flower next week.