Succulent perennial herbs, often glaucous. Leaves alternate, usually entire. Capitula usually homogamous, discoid, 1-many in an inflorescence. Phyllaries 1-seriate. Calyculus usually present, less often 0. Receptacle flat, lacking scales. Flowers tubular, 5-toothed; style arms appendaged. Achenes without a beak. Pappus of bristles in several series. Worldwide: c.40 species from the Canary Is, tropical and South Africa, Madagascar, Arabia to Sri Lanka Burundi: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| abyssinica (A. Rich.) A. Berger var. abyssinica | ||
| abyssinica (A.Rich.) A.Berger var. hildebrandtii (Vatke) C.Jeffrey | ||
| grantii (Oliv. & Hiern) Hook. f. |