Cicerbita alpina, (L.) Wallr.

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

1. C. alpina (L.) Wallr. , Sched. Crii. 434 (1822)

( Mulgedium alpinum (L.) Less. , Sonchus alpinus L. ).

Stem 50-250 cm, simple or branched, with dense, reddish glandular hairs on the upper part including peduncles and involucre. Leaves 80-250 x 20-120 mm, glabrous, glaucous beneath; lowest lyrate or runcinatepinnatifid with a large, broadly triangular, acuminate terminal lobe and a few pairs of much smaller triangular lateral ones, with the base narrowed into a winged petiole; upper smaller and less divided, with a winged petiole widened into a cordate-amplexi-

caul base. Capitula in an elongated panicle. Involucre 10-15 x 7-10 mm; bracts linear. Ligules pale blue. Achenes 4-5-5 mm, linear. In =18. Fennoscandia’, mountains of Europe southwards to the Pyrenees, N. Appennini and Bulgaria. Al Au Br Bu Cz Fe Ga Ge He Hs It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, W) Su.