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Chondrilla
Chondrilla is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia, and certain taxa are known as introduced species outside their native range. The best known of these is rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea), a noxious weed established in Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
Chondrilla species produce one or more stems up to 1.5 meters tall from a taproot which can be very deep and highly branched. The basal and lower stem leaves are divided and toothed, and are borne on winged petioles. The upper leaf blades are smaller and simple. The cylindrical flower heads are often solitary but may grow in clusters, and are located along the branches and at the ends. They contain several yellow florets that soon wither. The fruit is a cylindrical, beaked, ribbed cypsela with a pappus of many white bristles.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rush Skeletonweed
speciesChondrilla juncea
Chondrilla chondrilloides
speciesChondrilla chondrilloides
Chondrilla latifolia
speciesChondrilla latifolia
Chondrilla graminea
speciesChondrilla graminea
Chondrilla brevirostris
speciesChondrilla brevirostris
Chondrilla ramosissima
speciesChondrilla ramosissima
Chondrilla canescens
speciesChondrilla canescens
Chondrilla piptocoma
speciesChondrilla piptocoma
Chondrilla lejosperma
speciesChondrilla lejosperma
Chondrilla laticoronata
speciesChondrilla laticoronata
Chondrilla rouillieri
speciesChondrilla rouillieri
Chondrilla bosseana
speciesChondrilla bosseana
Chondrilla pauciflora
speciesChondrilla pauciflora
Chondrilla phaeocephala
speciesChondrilla phaeocephala
Chondrilla kusnezovii
speciesChondrilla kusnezovii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.225
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.647
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.409
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.409
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.394
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.679
Plant Touchstone (Phytobasanos)
Fabio Colonna · 1592 · p.34
Plant Touchstone (Phytobasanos)
Fabio Colonna · 1592 · p.30
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.525
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.527
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.527
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.521
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72049.