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Dipsacus L.

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Dipsacus L., Sp. Pl. 97-98 (1753)
Dipsacus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
97-98
ICN
Dipsacus L.
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Dipsacus

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Dipsacus

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Dipsacus L.

Biennial herbs; stems prickly and often grooved, ± erect and branched above. Lvs opposite, crenate-serrate to entire, often prickly. Infl. a globose to cylindric capitulum; involucral bracts linear to lanceolate, each with a prominent apical spine; receptacular scales subtending each fl., spine-tipped. Involucel ± 4-angled, ending in a short ± 4-lobed cup. Calyx ciliate, persistent at fruiting. Corolla usually 4-merous, long-tubular, zygomorphic. Stamens 4. Fr. 4-angled, with appressed hairs.

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Dipsacus L.
Switzerland
Dipsacus L.
United Kingdom

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96f0dca9-edb5-4ade-977f-d3ae67800726
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1 January 2000
4 September 2008
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