Oligochaeta is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.

[2][3][4] Oligochaeta is native to central, southern, and southwestern Asia.

They are annual plants that grow in mountain and steppe habitat.

[5] It is part of the "Rhaponticum group" in the tribe Cardueae, along with the genera Callicephalus, Leuzea (including Acroptilon and Rhaponticum), Myopordon, and Ochrocephala.

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