Dipsacus sativus Illustration Credit: M.Y. Saleem

Herbs, glabrous or not glabrous. Leaves opposite, connate, entire or divided. Capitula ovoid to cylindrical on long peduncles. Involucral bracts equal to or longer than the receptacular ones. Calyx cupular or lobed. Corolla 4-fid. Stamens 4,2 of which are fertile. Stigma lateral. Involucel 4-angled, the limb with a toothed margin.

A genus of 15 species in W. Europe, S. and E. Asia, the Mediterranean region and N. Africa. Represented here by 2 species.

Lower Taxa

• Dipsacus inermis Wall.
• Dipsacus inermis var. inermis
• Dipsacus inermis var. mitis (D.Don) Y. Nasir
• Dipsacus sativus (Linn.) Honck.

Related Synonym(s):

• Dipsacus fullonum var. sativus Gmel. ex Shmal'g. = Dipsacus sativus (Linn.) Honck.
• Dipsacus fullonum var. ß Linn. = Dipsacus sativus (Linn.) Honck.
• Dipsacus inermis var. a Wall. = Dipsacus inermis var. inermis
• Dipsacus inermis var. ß. Wall. = Dipsacus inermis var. mitis (D.Don) Y. Nasir
• Dipsacus mitis D. Don = Dipsacus inermis var. mitis (D.Don) Y. Nasir
• Dipsacus strictus D. Don = Dipsacus inermis var. inermis