Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lapsana L., Sp. Pl. 811-812 (1753)
 Description

Annual to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs glandular, eglandular, or 0. Stems branching above. Lvs basal and cauline, lyrate-pinnatifid to undivided. Capitula in diffuse panicles. Involucral bracts in 2 rows, glabrous or hairy, the outer few, much < the inner. Receptacle areolate, glabrous; scales 0. Corolla ligulate, yellow. Style branches filiform, dark. Achenes few, pale, fusiform, weakly flattened, ribbed, not beaked; pappus 0.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Lapsana L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.