Fedia Gaertner

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 : 52

3. Fedia Gaertner 1

Erect, dichotomously branched annuals. Flowers hermaphrodite, in terminal, usually paired capitula. Calyx usually very small, not or scarcely accrescent, with 2-4 teeth. Corolla with 5 unequal lobes; tube cylindrical, more than twice as long as limb, obscurely gibbous c. | of way from base. Stamens 2, or 3 with 2 connate. Stigma 2-fid. Sterile loculi of fruit well developed.