Rhagadiolus stellatus, (L.) Gaertner

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. R. stellatus (L.) Gaertner , Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 354 (1791)

( R. edulis Gaertner ).

Plant 7-40 cm, usually sparsely hairy throughout. Leaves 25-140 x 10-70 mm, mostly oblong-obovate, sinuatedentate to lyrate-pinnatifid, but the cauline sometimes ovate to lanceolate. Involucre 5-8 x 2-5-3-5 mm at anthesis, accrescent in fruit; outer bracts 5, very small, ovate; inner bracts 5-8, narrowly linear-lanceolate, sometimes with a median row of rigid hairs. Outer achenes 10-15 x 1-1-5 mm, curved, forming a characteristic radiating infructescence. 2/2=10. Cultivated ground and stony waste places. S. Europe. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.