Crupina (Pers.) DC.

Herbs, annual, erect, corymbosely branched above. Leaves alternate; basal simple; cauline pinnatisect. Heads heterogamous. Involucral bracts imbricate, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Receptacular scales linear-subulate. Ray florets sterile. Disk florets hermaphrodite. Filaments glabrous. Achenes obovate, distally more villous; outer epappose; inner with 2 rows of pappus hairs.

Europe to Iran; 4 species, 1 in India.

List of Lower Taxa