Carduncellus dianius, Webb

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 : 303

4. C. dianius Webb , Iter Hisp. 33 (1838).

Stem 70-100 cm, somewhat branched, with sparse shortly stipitate glands, the base covered with remains of leaves of previous years. Basal leaves up to 20 cm, rather soft, simple, oblong-elliptical to lyrate-pinnate; cauline leaves lyrate with oblong-lanceolate to elliptical, entire or denticulate lobes; uppermost leaves dentate. Outer involucral bracts appressed, shorter than the inner, with ovate-lanceolate, dentate, leaf-like part towards the apex. Corolla yellowish. Achenes c. 6 mm, rugose towards the apex, with inconspicuous angles, brown, rarely smooth and white; pappus-scales densely ciliate, brownish, twice as long as the achene. Mountain rocks. • E. Spain (near Dénia).?B1 Hs.