Chondrilla Linnaeus (Q3067)

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Chondrilla is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cichorieae
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Chondrilla Linnaeus
Chondrilla is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cichorieae

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    taxon/id/Chondrilla Linnaeus
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    Chondrilla Linnaeus
    Chondrilla
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 19: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Gum or Spanish succory (English)
    Stems 1–6, erect or ascending, much branched, basally setose, distally glabrous.
    petiolate (basal and proximal cauline, petioles winged);
    blades (at least basal) oblanceolate, pinnatifid (often runcinate) or coarsely and irregularly toothed (apices acute; distal cauline reduced, entire).
    Heads (terminal and axillary) usually borne singly (sometimes clustered along stems and branches).
    Peduncles (nearly 0) not inflated, not bracteate.
    Calyculi of 3–4, minute bractlets.
    Involucres cylindric, 2.5–5 mm diam.
    Phyllaries 5–9 in ± 1 series, linear-lanceolate, equal.
    Receptacles pitted, glabrous, epaleate.
    corollas (soon withering) yellow.
    Cypselae tan to black, nearly cylindric, beaks slender or stout, ribs 5+ (with alternating grooves), faces glabrous;
    pappi persistent (on expanded discs at tips of beaks), of 40–50+, distinct, white, smooth bristles in 1 series.