Urospermum dalechampii, (L.) Scop. ex F. W. Schmidt

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 : 308

1. U. dalechampii (L.) Scop. ex F. W. Schmidt , Samml. Phys. Aufs. Naturk. 276 (1795).

Probably always perennial. Stem 25-40 cm, pubescent. Leaves 50-190 x 10-40 mm, hispid; lower usually runcinate-pinnatifid (rarely entire), with winged petiole; upper lanceolate to ovate, entire to dentate, amplexicaul. Capitula up to 5 cm in diameter, 1-3 on very long peduncles. Involucral bracts 15-25 x 2-5-6 mm, lanceolate, subacute, softly hairy. Ligules pale yellow, often with a red stripe on the outer face. Body of achene 4-5-5 mm, oblong, with short, obtuse projections; beak 9-14 mm, scabrid, very narrowly pyramidal, confluent with the body; pappus pale reddish-brown. 2/2= 14. Cultivated and waste ground. Mediterranean region, eastwards to Jugoslavia. BI Co Ga Hs It Ju Sa Si.