Sep 5; cor tubular, soon becoming deeply cleft; anthers united at base into a ring around the style; ovary 2-locular; style clavate, undivided; fr obovoid, opening by terminal valves; fls in dense head-like umbels subtended by a leafy involucre. 20, Europe and Medit. reg.

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