Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub, 1973

Common names

🇬🇧 Bristly Oxtongue
🇫🇷 Picride fausse vipérine, Helminthothèque fausse vipérine, Picris fausse vipérine

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Hypochaeridinae
Genus: Helminthotheca
Species: Helminthotheca echioides

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with many other species of the family Asteraceae. The presence of two rows of differently shaped bracts allows for the identification of H. echioides.

Photographs

img/helminthotheca-echioides.webp — *Helminthotheca echioides*

img/helminthotheca-echioides-2.webp — *Helminthotheca echioides* - Double row of bracts

img/helminthotheca-echioides-3.webp — *Helminthotheca echioides*

img/helminthotheca-echioides-4.webp — *Helminthotheca echioides* - Cauline leaf

img/helminthotheca-echioides-5.webp — *Helminthotheca echioides* - Seeds

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 433). Biotope.