Higher classification Daisy family | Subfamily Cichorioideae Subtribe Hypochaeridinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Helminthotheca echioides, Daisy family, Hyoseris, Picris, Ptilostemon | ||
Helminthotheca echioides bristly ox tongue 11 july 2013 old name picris echioides
Helminthotheca (commonly called ox-tongue) is a genus in the Cichorieae tribe of the sunflower family. Helminthotheca is closely related to the genus Picris, both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.
- Helminthotheca aculeata - Italy, Algeria, Tunisia
- Helminthotheca balansae - Algeria, Morocco
- Helminthotheca comosa - Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar
- Helminthotheca echioides (syn. Picris echioides} - widespread across much of Europe and the Mediterranean from Ireland + Canary Islands to Poland + Iran; naturalized in Australia, North and South America
- Helminthotheca glomerata - Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
References
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