Helminthotheca
| Helminthotheca | |
|---|---|
| Helminthotheca echioides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae | 
| Tribe: | Cichorieae | 
| Subtribe: | Hypochaeridinae | 
| Genus: | Helminthotheca Vaill. ex Zinn | 
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Helminthotheca (commonly called ox-tongue) is a genus in the tribe Cichorieae of the family Asteraceae. Helminthotheca is closely related to the genus Picris, both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.
- Species
- Helminthotheca aculeata - Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
- Helminthotheca balansae - Algeria, Morocco
- Helminthotheca comosa - Algeria, Morocco, southern Spain, Gibraltar
- Helminthotheca echioides (syn. Picris echioides) - widespread across much of Europe and the Mediterranean from Ireland + Canary Islands to Poland + Iran; naturalized in Australia, North and South America
- Helminthotheca glomerata - Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
- Helminthotheca spinosa - central and southern Portugal, southwestern Spain