Cephalaria
Genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cephalaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 102 species native to southern Europe, western and central Asia, and northern and southern Africa.[1]
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Cephalaria | |
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Cephalaria gigantea Tatarian cephalaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Subfamily: | Dipsacoideae |
Genus: | Cephalaria Schrad. (1818), nom. cons. |
Species[1] | |
102; see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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They are annual or perennial herbaceous plants growing to 0.8–2 m tall.
Cephalaria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia imperialis, which feeds exclusively on C. procera.