Acroptilon Cass.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 254

136. Acroptilon Cass. 1

Rhizomatous perennials. Capitula small to medium, solitary on branches. Involucre oblong-ovoid to cylindrical; bracts imbricate, the outer with broadly ovate to lunulate appendage, the inner with oblong appendage. Florets tubular, hermaphrodite. Anthers shortly caudate at base. Achenes obovoid, indistinctly striate; pappus simple, caducous, the hairs barbellate, not connate into an annulus at base.