Cicerbita plumieri, (L.) Kirschleger

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 331

3. C. plumieri (L.) Kirschleger , FI. Alsace 1: 401 (1852)

( C. orbelica (Velen.) Hayek , Mulgedium plumieri (L.) DC. , Sonchus plumieri L. ).

Glabrous; stems 60-130 cm. Leaves 50-600 x 20-170 mm, lyrate-pinnatifid with a large triangular terminal lobe and several pairs of more or less ovate lateral ones which are shorter than, but at least as wide as, the terminal; lobes more or less undulate, with mammiform teeth; midrib between lobes and petiole with a broad wing. Capitula in a wide, more or less corymbose panicle. Involucre 10-17 x 9-12 mm; bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Ligules blue. Achenes 5-5-6-5 mm, flat, linear to narrowly elliptical, conspicuously narrowed at apex. • Pyrenees; mountains of France and W.C. Europe; S.W. Bulgaria. Bu Ga Ge He Hs?Ju [Br].