Mantisalca Cass.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 254

135. Mantisalca Cass. 1

Biennials or perennials. Capitula solitary on branches. Involucre ovoid-globose; bracts appressed, coriaceous, the appendage a short, erect to deflexed, deciduous spine. Anthers caudate at base. Achenes subcompressed, transversely rugose, 10- to 15- ribbed, the ribs anastomosing at base and apex; pappus of long, subacuminate scales, surrounded by setae as long as or longer than the achene.