Tricholepidium

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Tricholepidium

Description Tricholepidium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to South America. It consists of about 12 species of annual or perennial herbs. The name Tricholepidium comes from the Greek words trichos, meaning hair, and lepidion, meaning small scale. This refers to the small scales on the achenes (small, dry, one-seeded fruits) of the plants. Taxonomic…