Lonas Adanson

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 : 168

64. Lonas Adanson 1

Annual herbs. Leaves alternate. Capitula small, in dense terminal corymbs. Involucral bracts in many rows. Receptacle elongate, with scales. All florets tubular, hermaphrodite. Achenes prismatic, with 5 prominent ribs and a gland near the apex; pappus cyathiform, lacerate-dentate.