Zoegia L.

Herbs, erect. Radical leaves pinnatifid; cauline entire. Heads heterogamous, long peduncled. Outer florets 1-seriate, neuter. Disc florets bisexual, fertile; tube slender, limb 5-fid to or below the middle. Involucre globose or ovoid; bracts membranous, many-seriate; outer shorter, pectinately ciliate; violet inner entire, tips ciliate. Receptacle densely bristly. Filaments glabrous; anther bases sagittate. Style entire or emarginate. Achenes obovoid, compressed, shining, obscurely ribbed. Pappus double or triple; outermost of short chaffy scales; middle with long bristles; inner of short bristles.

S.W. & C. Asia; ca 6 species; 1 in India.

List of Lower Taxa