Crepis zacintha, (L.) Babcock

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 : 355

56. C. zacintha (L.) Babcock , ÍZrzzv. Calif. Pubi. Bot. 19: 404 (1941)

( Zacintha verrucosa Gaertner ).

Annual; stems 20-30 cm, branched from the base, with some capitula sessile at or near the bifurcations. Leaves with pale, eglandular hairs; basal up to 20 x 4 cm, withering early, oblanceolate, lyrate-pinnatifid, the terminal segment large, ovate, obtuse, the lateral segments remote, narrowly triangular and acute; lower cauline like the basal; upper cauline lanceolate, acuminate, sessile, with acute auricles, or bract-like. Ligules yellow, with reddish-purple stripe on outer face. Involucre 5-7 x 3-7 mm; bracts lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous or tomentulose at base, the outer c. 4 as long as the inner. Achenes of 2 kinds: marginal 2-2-5 mm, strongly compressed laterally, triangular, acute at base, truncate or rounded at apex; inner c. 2- 5 mm, yellowish, obconical, 10-ribbed, smooth. 2« = 6. Mediterranean region. Bu Co Cr Ga Ge Gr Hs It Ju Rs (K) Sa Tu.