Hypochoeris laevigata, (L.) Cesati

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 : 309

2. H. laevigata (L.) Cesati , Passer. & Gibelli, Comp. FI. Ital. 465 (1879).

Perennial. Stems 8-50 cm, simple or branched, not thickened near the apex, usually glabrous, sometimes with several remote, linear scales. Leaves 3-20 cm, spathulate to oblanceo­ late, entire to pinnatifid, glabrous to hispid. Capitula 15-20 mm wide. Involucral bracts up to 15 x 2-5 mm, in several rows, hispid or pubescent (rarely glabrous) at least along upper part of the mid-vein, withtomentose apex. Ligules sulphur-yellow. Achenes 5-6 mm, beaked; pappus of 2 rows of hairs, the outer 0-5-1 mm, the inner 7-8 mm, plumose, narrowly lanceolate-dilated at the base. Rocks and dry grassland. S. W. Italy, Sicilia. It Si. (N. Africa.)