Anarrhinum bellidifolium, (L.) Willd.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 221

1. A. bellidifolium (L.) Willd. , Sp. Pl. 3:260(1800).

Glabrous biennial or perennial, sometimes sparsely papillose above; stems up to 80 cm. Basal leaves up to 8 x 3 cm, obovate-spathulate to elliptic-oblanceolate, irregularly dentate, obtuse, tapered to a petiole. Cauline leaves numerous, crowded, palmatisect with 3-5 linear to lanceolate, acute segments, the central 1 -5 mm wide. Inflorescence simple or branched, dense; pedicels c. 1 mm, shorter than the bracts. Calyx-lobes 1-2 mm, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, tapered to a slender point. Corolla 4-5 mm, pale lilac to blue; spur 1 - 5-1- 75 mm. Seeds covered with acute, conical papillae. 2« = 18. Calcifuge. 9 S.W. Europe, extending locally to N.C. France, S. C. Germany and N. Italy. Ga Ge Hs It Lu [He].