Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Acroptilon
EditorBektemir Osmonali
Scientific name: Acroptilon repens (L.) DC.
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Description:Creeping roots usually dark brown or black, with scaly adventitious buds. Stems ± cobwebby-tomentose. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline often deciduous by flowering, blades oblong, 4–15 cm; mid and distal linear to linear-lanceolate or oblong, 1–7 cm. Involucres 9–17 mm, loosely cobwebby.
Comments:The weed is extremely harmful. It reduces crop yields and quality, as well as pasture productivity. Antropophilic distributed in Kazachstan (Veseloba P. 2017)
Habitat:on clay soils, tolerates saline soils.