Lapsana

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Lapsana

• Description

  Genus Description - Fls all ligulate and perfect, yellow; invol cylindric-campanulate, minutely calyculate, the inner bracts subequal, uniseriate, keeled; achenes narrow, subterete or slightly compressed, often curved, narrowed to both ends, usually more gradually so downwards, 18–30-nerved, 5 or 6 of the nerves generally stronger; pappus none; branching, annual, lactiferous herbs, with alternate, entire to pinnatifid lvs and several to many small, rather few-fld heads, the peduncles tending to be apically pale and indurate. 9, temp. Eurasia.