Phalacrachena Iljin

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

137. Phalacrachena Iljin 1

Perennial herbs with long rhizomes. Leaves simple. Capitula medium, solitary on branches. Involucre subglobose; bracts with membranous appendages. Inner florets tubular, hermaphrodite, the outer sterile, radiate. Anthers with short, basal appendages, the apical appendages free. Stigmas with long hairs at base. Achenes somewhat compressed; pappus absent.