Editing Dipsacus (section)

{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae}}
{{Redirect-distinguish-text|Teasle|[[thistle]], also a tall prickly plant}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Dipsacus fullonum1.jpg
|image_caption = ''Dipsacus fullonum''
|taxon = Dipsacus
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Dipsacus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Caprifoliaceae]].<ref>{{citation |title=''Dipsacus'' |work=The Plant List (version 1.1) |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Caprifoliaceae/Dipsacus/ |access-date=2014-09-19 }}</ref> The members of this genus are known as '''teasel''', '''teazel''' or '''teazle'''. The genus includes about 15 species of tall [[herbaceous]] [[biennial plant]]s (rarely short-lived [[perennial plant]]s) growing to {{convert|1|-|2.5|m|ft}} tall. ''Dipsacus'' species are native to [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and northern [[Africa]].