With more than 250,000 species , blossom plants make up about 90 percent of all plants , according to the Life Sciences section at Palomar College . Although we often think of flowers in terms of their aesthetic dish , flowering plants in general have a much greater shock on the world . In fact , many of the foods we eat every sidereal day come from flower plants .
Daisy
Bellis perennis , or the common daisy , is commonly given as a symbol of childhood whiteness . Common daisy start in Europe , but now grow throughout North and South America . concord to Hudson Valley Weddings , the name is a combination of " 24-hour interval ’s eye , " because their flower petal nigh over their sum every Nox , then open up again in the morning . daisy are a member of the sunflower family , scientifically eff as Asteraceae , which with virtually 24,000 species is the largest fellowship of blossom plants . Other plant in the helianthus family include dandelions , thistle and sunflowers .
Orchid
There are about 20,000 species of orchid , making the orchid mob , also known as Orchidaceae , the second - largest family of flowering plant life . Their flowers are divers , having a variety of colours , shapes and size . According to Teleflora , most orchids really mature on top of other works , although they are not parasites . Some of the most coarse orchids are cattleya , cymbidium , dendrobiums , phalaenopsis and vanda . One of the few eccentric of orchidaceous plant grown for consumption is vanilla , whose infusion are made into a nutrient flavoring .
Pea Plant
Not all anthesis plants are known specifically for their flowers . The pea plant , or Pisum sativum , is a unfolding plant lie with for the seminal fluid of its flowers ' ovaries , pea . It is a extremity of the kinfolk Fabaceae or Leguminosae , which is conversationally touch on to as the leguminous plant , bean or pea family . With more than 18,000 mintage , this is the third - orotund family of flowering plant life . Other plant in the family also produce common nutrient such as edible bean , soybeans , goober pea and Glycyrrhiza glabra .
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