Crepis pygmaea, L.

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 : 347

5. C. pygmaea L. , Sp. Pl. 805 (1753).

Stems 4-20 cm. Leaves more or less tomentose; basal 3-11 x 1-3 cm, lyrate-pinnatifid, with a large, elliptical, orbicular to ovate terminal lobe and 2-4 remote lateral lobes; terminal lobe sinuately denticulate or subentire; lateral lobes sometimes absent, making the leaf simple and spathulate; petiole narrowly winged, 1-3 times as long as the terminal lobe; cauline smaller. Capitula up to 8; peduncles long, erect or arcuate, arising from the axils of cauline leaves or from near the base of the stem. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate; outer up to i as long as inner, tomentose and often with longer pubescence. Marginal ligules often reddish-purple on outer face. Achenes cylindrical or ellipsoid. Calcareous screes. • Mountains of S. W. Europe, S. Alps, S. Appennini. Ga He Hs It.