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Picris
Sign in to savePicris (oxtongues) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
Species
Oxtongue
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Observations recorded314,996
General: Picris (named from Gr. πικρός, pikros, bitter, because
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 332
- With media
- 281
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- FCN-UAQ, MEL, A, EIU, UTEP, MO
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Australia, China, United States, Croatia, Canary Islands, France, Netherlands
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cichorieae
- Image
- Picris hieracioides (15533124275).jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Picris
- Commons category
- Picris
- topic's main category
- Category:Picris
- taxon common name
- 毛连菜属
- has fruit type
- achene
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Taxonomic history
- Species
- References
- Sources
Picris (oxtongues) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
Picris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the grass moth Diasemia reticularis. Schinia cardui feeds exclusively on P. hieracioides.
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