Perennial herbs. Leaves
alternate, finely pinnatisect. Capitula in corymbs, heterogamous. Phyllaries many-seriate; margin scarious.
Receptacular scales narrow, scarious. Ray florets female, white or pink (in ours) or yellow. Disk florets bisexual, tubular, white or yellow. Achenes strongly flattened, not ribbed; apex truncate. Pappus 0. Worldwide: 115 species in Eurasia and Mediterranean region Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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