Phalacrocarpum Willk.

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 : 172

72. Phalacrocarpum Willk. 1

Perennials, woody at base. Leaves opposite. Capitula solitary. Involucral bracts in 3 rows. Receptacle convex, without scales. Ligulate florets female, white or purplish; other florets tubular-campanulate, the marginal hermaphrodite, fertile, the central mostly male or petaloid and sterile. Achenes obconical-cylindrical, slightly compressed, with small, obtuse basal callus; ribs 6-7, narrow, white; secretory canals and mucilaginous cells absent.

Leaves pinnatipartite to pinnatisect or 2-pinnatisect, the segmen's linear to lanceolate; whole plant greyish-tomentose or -sericeous

1. oppositifolium Leaves narrowly cuneate, entire at the base, spathulate, and with

4-5 pairs of teeth towards the apex; whole plant shining silvery-sericeous 2. hoffmannseggii