Key to Dipsacaceae
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1. Plant
armed with
prickles or
spines;
involucre 
Group of bracts more or less held together as a unit, subtending a flower, fruit (acorn cup), or inflorescence.
bracts > flowers, stiff;
calyx,
corolla 4-parted
..... DIPSACUS 1' Plant unarmed; involucre bracts generally < flowers, flexible; calyx, corolla 5-parted
..... SCABIOSA
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