Genus: Reichardia

Genus description:

Annual to perennial herbs. Stems solitary to numerous, branched. Leaves entire to deeply pinnatisect, the cauline usually amplexicaul. Capitula few to numerous. Involucral bracts in several imbricate rows, at least the outer with scarious margins and often grading into the bracts of the peduncle. Receptacle without scales. Ligules yellow, the outer often with a redish stripe on outer face, sometimes purple at base. At least the outer achenes 4- to 5-angled and transvesely rugose; inner achenes always paler, often smooth, probably often sterile; pappus of numerous rows of soft simple hairs.

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