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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Tussilago L.

TUSSILAGO L.

Perennial herb. Lvs simple, palmately toothed and lobed, mostly basal; cauline lvs alternate, much reduced and scale-like. Capitula solitary; involucral bracts in 1-2 rows, with few or 0 supplementary bracts subtending base of involucre. Receptacle flat or slightly convex; scales 0. Outer florets ♀, ligulate, in several rows; ligules yellow; inner florets functionally ♂, tubular. Achenes narrow-cylindric, 5-ribbed, glabrous; pappus denticulate.

1 sp., Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia. Naturalised sp. 1.

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