Hyoseris

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Read about Hyoseris in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Hyoseris (swine salad; i.e., disagreeable or offensive). Compositae. Four species of nearly stemless herbs of S. Eu. and the Medit. region, one of which is sometimes grown as an alpine: allied to Krigia. Plant glabrous or glandular-pubescent: lvs. radical, pinnatifid : scape 1-headed, leafless, the heads yellow and homogamous; involucre cylindrical-campanulate, the inner bracts 1-rowed and equal, the outer ones few and short; receptacle plane and naked; corollas ligulate: achene glabrous. H. foetida, Linn. (Aposeris foetida, Less.), the species to be expected in the lists is by some authors retained in the genus Aposeris, distinguished by characters of the achene: perennial, much like Taraxacum, glabrous or somewhat pilose on veins on under side of foliage: lvs. runcinate-pinnatifid, the lobes about 10-12 pairs and somewhat triangular and sinuate-dentate: small plants in mountains of Eu. L. H. B. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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