Subscapose perennial
herbs (in ours). Leaves radical and rosulate or cauline and
alternate. Capitula solitary or arranged in a corymb. Involucre
obconic, becoming cylindric-campanulate. Phyllaries
2-several-seriate. Receptacle without scales, pitted.
Florets yellow. Achenes ± terete and
equal-ribbed, rough with ascending projections on the ribs,
distinctly beaked (in ours). Pappus 1-many-seriate of barbellate,
persistent setae. Worldwide: c.200 species in northern temperate zones, southern Africa and South America Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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