| ox-tongue | |
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| Helminthotheca echioides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Hypochaeridinae |
| Genus: |
Helminthotheca Vaill. ex Zinn |
| Synonyms | |
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Helminthotheca (commonly called ox-tongue) is a genus in the Cichorieae tribe of the sunflower family.Helminthotheca is closely related to the genus Picris, both within the Hypochaeridinae subtribe.