Dipsacus

• Authority

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

• Family

  Dipsacaceae

• Scientific Name

  Dipsacus

• Description

  Genus Description - Cal short, 4-angled or 4-lobed, hairy; cor 4-lobed, the marginal ones not enlarged; involucel 4-angled, truncate or 4-toothed at the top; involucral bracts slender, often elongate; receptacular bracts ovate or lanceolate, acuminate into an awn surpassing the fls; tall biennial or perennial herbs, little branched, with prickly stems, large, sessile or even connate lvs, and small fls in dense, ovoid to cylindric heads. 10+, Europe, w. Asia, n. Afr.

• Common Names

  teasel