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Asteraceae
21-Taraxacum flower
This is a photo of one ray flower of
Taraxacum officinale
. The corolla is tubular below but zygomorphic and strap-like above; the anthers are connate into a tube, but the filaments are distinct above the point where they attach to the corolla tube.
Photo by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent.
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