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Asteraceae

15-Liatris pollination

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The tubular disk flowers of many Asteraceae, such as this Liatris aspera, Rough Blazing Star, are pollinated by butterflies.

Photo by K. R. Robertson at Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve, DuPage County, Illinois.

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