Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate.
Peduncles lateral or apparently terminal, simple. Capitula heterogamous or homogamous. Phyllaries in 2 series, partly connate (in ours). Calyculus 0. Ray
florets female, fertile. Pappus of few to many caducous bristles or 0; bristles flexuous, shortly barbed. Disk florets bisexual, fertile or sterile. Derivation of name: from Greek: eurys meaning large or broad, ops meaning eye or face, referring to the large showy flower heads Worldwide: 97 species, mainly southern Africa, with 1 species extending to the Arabian peninsula and Socotra Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa. |