Crepis bursifolia, 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 : 357

70. C. bursifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 805 (1753).

Perennial; stems 5-35 cm, numerous, decumbent or arcuate, branched above. Leaves glabrous or puberulent; basal 2-5-25 x 0-6-5 cm, oblanceolate, obtuse to acute, denticulate to dentate, lyrate-pinnatifid, the lateral segments lanceolate; cauline mostly smaller, the lower like the basal, the remainder often linear. Involucre 8-11 x 3-5 mm; bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, obtuse, canescent-tomentose and with pale yellow eglandular hairs, the outer c. i as long as the inner. Ligules greenish on outer face. Achenes 5-5-7 x 0-4 mm, pale brown, fusiform, abruptly attenuate into a pale, filiform, fragile beak up to nearly twice as long as the body, 10-ribbed. 2я = 8. • C. & S. Italy, Sicilia. It Si [Ga?Gr Hs].