Perennial acaulescent herbs, from woody rootstocks. Leaves radical, entire to pinnatifid. Scapes with a single terminal capitulum. Capitula heterogamous, radiate. Phyllaries few-many-seriate. Receptacle shallowly fimbriate alveolate. Outer florets female; inner bisexual. Corolla yellow. Achenes turbinate, with a basal coma of hairs. Pappus 2-several-seriate; inner of delicate scales; outer smaller Worldwide: 8 species from Africa. Zimbabwe: 0 cultivated taxa. |
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