Crepis alpina, 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 : 354

49. C. alpina L. , Sp. Pl. 806 (1753).

Stems 10-120 cm, with long, erect branches from the base or middle. Leaves puberulent or rarely with short glandular hairs; basal up to 15 x 4 cm, obovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed to the base, denticulate, sometimes with 3 or 4 irregular, usually shallow, lobes near apex; lower cauline like the basal; upper cauline oblong, ovate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, amplexicaul, subauriculate, entire or denticulate. Capitula 1-20. Involucre 15-22x 7-15 mm; outer bracts ovate, acute, scarious, c. 4 as long as inner, glabrous or tomentulose, becoming recurved at maturity; inner linear-lanceolate, obtuse, with scarious margins, tomentose, with short glandular hairs and longer rigid hairs. Ligules yellow, purplish on outer face. Achenes of 2 kinds: marginal 15—17 mm, curved, gradually attenuate into a coarse beak, strongly attenuate at base, striate, densely white-puberulent; inner 15-20 mm, narrowly fusiform, gradually attenuate into a slender beak, finely 15-ribbed, spinulose. 2« = 10. Krym. Rs (K). (S. W. Asia.)