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Oxtongue

Helminthotheca echioides

Family: Asteraceae Genus: Helminthotheca Species: echioides

Synonyms: Crepis echioides, Picris spinosa, Helminthia echioides, Helminthia tuberculata, Helminthia spinosa, Helminthia dichotoma, Helminthia humifusa, Picris echioides, Helminthia rigida, Helminthia pratensis, Picris humifusa, Helminthia echioides subsp. humifusa, Hieracium helminthia, Helminthotheca echioides var. incisa, Helminthotheca echioides var. mollis, Helminthotheca echioides var. pratensis, Helminthia echioides var. mollis

Oxtongue (en)
Helminthotheca echioides โ€” flower
Helminthotheca echioides โ€” flower

Botanical Description

Flower: Color: yellow

Native Region: Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID
26691

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