Annual or perennial herbs bearing bristly hairs and with milky latex. Leaves alternate, entire, sinuate-dentate or pinnatisect. Capitula solitary or in corymbs. Phyllaries in many rows, the outer (in ours) 3-5, ovate-cordate, resembling an epicalyx. Receptacle without scales. Flowers yellow. Florets all ligulate. Achenes curved, ribbed. Pappus of 2 rows; inner of plumose hairs; outer similar or of simple hairs. Worldwide: c. 40 species in Europe, Mediterranean, Asia, N. Australia and tropical African Mts. |
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