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Rhanterium Desf.
Genus composed of 3 shrubby or subshrubby species, one Asian species (R. epapposum Oliv.) and the other 2 species endemic to North Africa.
Wiklund, A. 1986. The genus Rhanteriun (Asteraceae: Inuleae). Bo. J. Linn. Soc. 93: 231-246.
Key to species
1 Capitula persistent, with involucre 7-12 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts applied Rhanterium adpressum
1 Capitula caducous, with involucre of 3-6 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts from divaricate to clearly reflexed Rhanterium suaveolens
Updated by: B. Valdés.