Bupleurum flavum, Forskal

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 346-347

6. B. flavum Forskâl , FI. Aegypt. xxiii, 205 (1775).

Slender, erect, divaricately branched annual 20-75 cm. Lower leaves distinctly petiolate, the others sessile, linear-lanceolate or linear, 3- to 5-veined. Rays 3-6(-20). Bracts more than | as long as longest rays, lanceolate, long-acuminate or aristate, yellowishgreen, semitranslucent, broadly scarious-margined; veins 3,

usually without cross-veins. Bracteoles semitranslucent, ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; apex usually recurved, shortly aristate; margin minutely serrulate; veins prominent, cross-veins absent. Petals 0-7-0-9 x 0-5-0-6 mm, irregularly and remotely dentate. Fruit 1-6-2 mm; ridges filiform. Dry rocky places, especially near the sea. E. Mediterranean region. Bu G r Tu.