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|accepted_name=Tolpis
|accepted_authority=Adanson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Pl.
|place=2: 112, 612. 1763
|year=1763
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Tolpis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tolpis]]</div></div>
|etymology=No etymology in protologue; no readily discernible meaning from Greek or Latin roots
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 218
|treatment_page=page 277
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>[perennials, shrubs], 5–100+ cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism architecture;whole-organism duration">taprooted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem quantity;stem orientation;stem architecture;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>usually 1, erect, branched distally, glabrous or hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="basal leaf architecture;basal leaf architecture;distal leaf architecture">basal sessile or petiolate, distal usually sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape">blades ovatelanceolate or oblanceolate to lanceolate or linear, margins entire or dentate to pinnately lobed or pinnatisect (faces glabrous or sparsely pubescent or arachnose to villous).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="head arrangement;head arrangement;array architecture or fragility;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>borne singly or in loose, corymbiform arrays (terminal heads often surpassed by others).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="peduncle shape;peduncle architecture"><b>Peduncles </b>not inflated, bracteate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="calyculus shape"><b>Calyculi </b>of 8–13, linear to filiform bractlets (often intergrading with peduncular bracts).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties=""><b>Involucres </b>campanulate, 5–10 [–15+] mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter;involucre diameter">(larger in fruit).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="phyllary quantity;phyllary arrangement or course or shape;phyllary size;phyllary variability;series quantity;margin texture;apex shape;face pubescence"><b>Phyllaries </b>20–25+ in 2+ series, lance-linear to linear (± navicular proximally, enfolding ovaries/cypselae of subtended florets, sometimes keeled abaxially), subequal to equal, margins little, if at all, scarious, apices filiform, faces ± arachnose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="receptacle prominence or shape;receptacle relief;receptacle pubescence;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>flat, pitted, glabrous, epaleate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="floret quantity"><b>Florets </b>30–100+;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas mostly yellow (inner sometimes purplish or brown).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="cypsela coloration;cypsela shape;cypsela architecture or shape;nerve atypical quantity;nerve quantity;face pubescence;face pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>brownish to blackish, ± columnar [obconic], not beaked, ribs or nerves usually 6–8 (–10), faces glabrous or ± hirtellous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="scale atypical quantity;scale quantity;scale coloration;scale architecture;scale architecture;scale shape">pappi persistent, of 4–15 (–30+), whitish, smooth or barbellulate, setiform scales plus bristles (often equal on outer cypselae and unequal on inner ones).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="pappus duration;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe;Africa;Atlantic Islands
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 20 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tolpis
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|illustrator=Marjorie C. Leggitt
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Europe;Africa;Atlantic Islands
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Pl.
|publication year=1763
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Tolpis
|apex shape=filiform
|array architecture=corymbiform
|array architecture or fragility=loose
|basal leaf architecture=petiolate;sessile
|blade shape=oblanceolate;lanceolate or linear
|calyculus shape=linear;filiform
|corolla coloration=yellow
|cypsela architecture or shape=not beaked
|cypsela coloration=brownish;blackish
|cypsela shape=columnar
|distal leaf architecture=sessile
|face pubescence=hirtellous;glabrous;arachnose
|floret quantity=30;100
|head arrangement=in loose , corymbiform arrays;singly
|involucre diameter=5mm;10mm
|involucre shape=campanulate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|margin architecture or shape=dentate to pinnately lobed or pinnatisect;entire
|margin texture=scarious
|nerve atypical quantity=8;10
|nerve quantity=6;8
|pappus duration=persistent
|peduncle architecture=bracteate
|peduncle shape=not inflated
|phyllary arrangement or course or shape=lance-linear;linear
|phyllary quantity=20;25
|phyllary size=subequal
|phyllary variability=equal
|receptacle architecture=epaleate
|receptacle prominence or shape=flat
|receptacle pubescence=glabrous
|receptacle relief=pitted
|scale architecture=barbellulate;smooth
|scale atypical quantity=15;30
|scale coloration=whitish
|scale quantity=4;15
|scale shape=setiform
|stem architecture=branched
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=hairy;glabrous
|stem quantity=1
|whole-organism architecture=taprooted
|whole-organism duration=annual
|whole-organism some measurement=5cm;100cm
|x chromosome quantity=9
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