Dipsacus

plant clade
Also known as: teasel

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  • viburnum
    In Dipsacales: Dipsacus clade

    The Dipsacus clade, or the teasel clade, includes 11 genera and 290 species, most of them Eurasian or African (many are from the Mediterranean region). They are herbs with bilaterally symmetric flowers clustered in heads or involucres, a well-developed epicalyx, and fruits that…

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