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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.
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Oxtongue
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Observations recorded314,996
General: Picris (named from Gr. πικρός, pikros, bitter, because
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- 毛连菜属
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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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