Buphthalmum | |
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Buphthalmum salicifolium | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Inuleae |
Genus: |
Buphthalmum L. 1753 not Mill. 1754 [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Buphthalmum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. [3] They are native to Europe, and B. salicifolium is in cultivation and has been introduced elsewhere. [4] [5]
These are perennial herbs with alternately arranged leaves. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head atop the stem. The head has very narrow phyllaries, yellow ray florets and yellow disc florets. The fruit is a cypsela usually tipped with a pappus of scales; those growing from the ray florets may lack pappi. [4]
The following species are recognised in the genus Buphthalmum: [6]
Buphthalmum | |
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Buphthalmum salicifolium | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Inuleae |
Genus: |
Buphthalmum L. 1753 not Mill. 1754 [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Buphthalmum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. [3] They are native to Europe, and B. salicifolium is in cultivation and has been introduced elsewhere. [4] [5]
These are perennial herbs with alternately arranged leaves. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head atop the stem. The head has very narrow phyllaries, yellow ray florets and yellow disc florets. The fruit is a cypsela usually tipped with a pappus of scales; those growing from the ray florets may lack pappi. [4]
The following species are recognised in the genus Buphthalmum: [6]