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9575.000 Picris
Description of the genus
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. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| echioides L. | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Picris:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PicrisBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Picris
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Picris
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Picris
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Picris
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Picris
JSTOR Plant Science: Picris
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Picris
Plants of the World Online: Picris
Tropicos: Picris
Wikipedia: Picris
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