''Buphthalmum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family,

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. They are native to Europe, and ''B. salicifolium'' is in cultivation and has been introduced elsewhere.''Buphthalmum''.
Flora of China.

Description

These are perennial herbs with alternately arranged leaves. The

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

is a solitary

flower head A pseudanthium (; : pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, composite flowers ...

atop the stem. The head has very narrow

phyllaries In botanical terminology, a phyllary, also known an involucral bract or tegule, is a single bract of the involucre of a composite flower. The involucre is the grouping of bracts together. Phyllaries are reduced leaf-like structures that form one o ...

, yellow ray florets and yellow disc florets. The fruit is a cypsela usually tipped with a pappus of scales; those growing from the ray florets may lack pappi.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Buphthalmum'': * '' Buphthalmum inuloides'' –

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* '' Buphthalmum salicifolium'' – western, central, and southern Europe; introduced in China,

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* '' Buphthalmum speciosissimum'' - northern Italy

References

Inuleae Asteraceae genera Flora of Europe Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Inuleae-stub