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Helminthotheca

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Helminthotheca
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Helminthotheca (commonly called ox-tongue)[2] is a genus in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae.[3][4] Helminthotheca is closely related to the genus Picris, both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.[5][6]

Species[1][7][8]
  • Helminthotheca aculeata - Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
  • Helminthotheca balansae - Algeria, Morocco
  • Helminthotheca comosa - Algeria, Morocco, southern Spain, Gibraltar
  • Helminthotheca echioides (syn. Picris echioides)[9] - 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
  • Helminthotheca spinosa - central and southern Portugal, southwestern Spain

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