Tasselflower

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Tasselflower
Emilia fosbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Emilia
Species

About 90, see text Maine state flower

Tasselflowers are flowering plants of the genus Emilia in the family Asteraceae. There are about 90 species in this genus, mostly from Africa and Asia. Some members have also been placed in genus Cacalia and elsewhere. Many have different binomial names.

[edit] Some Emilia species

Emilia coccinea -- Scarlet tasselflower, Flora's paintbrush.
Emilia fosbergii -- Florida tasselflower.
Emilia sonchifolia -- Lilac tasselflower.
Emilia transvallensis
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