Leontodon hispidus, 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 : 313

15. L. hispidus L. , Sp. Pl. 799 (1753).

Perennial with vertical or oblique, usually branched, truncate stock. Stems 1-numerous, 5-70 cm, usually simple, glabrous or with simple eglandular or long-stalked 2- to 3-fid hairs. Leaves 30-350 x 3-40 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse to acute, sinuate-dentate to deeply pinnatifid with the terminal lobe usually large, attenuate into the winged petiole, glabrous or with simple eglandular or long-stalked 2- to 3-fid hairs. Capitula l(-2). Involucre (9-)10-15 x 6— 12(— 15) mm; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse to acute, the outermost lax, glabrous, or with simple eglandular and long-stalked 2- to 3-fid hairs mainly in a median line. Ligules bright yellow, the outermost orange or reddish (rarely greyish-violet) on outer face. Stigmas yellow. Achenes 5-8 mm, brown, narrowed above or beaked, the inner with a beak | as long as the remainder of the achene, transversely muricate; pappus very pale brown, of 2 rows of hairs, the inner plumose, the outer denticulate. 2n = 14. Most of Europe, but absent from many of the islands. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K) Su.

1 Plant with numerous hairs

2Leaves pinnatifid with sinuate-crispate lobes

(c) subsp. pseudocrispus 2Leaves sinuate-dentate to pinnatifid, but lobes not crispate

3 Stems (5-)10-60 cm, 2-3 times as long as leaves; involucre (9—)11—13(—15) mm (a) subsp. hispidus 3 Stems 10-20 cm, usually not more than twice as long as leaves; involucre 13-15 mm (b) subsp. alpinus 1 Plant glabrous or almost so

4 Leaves deeply pinnatifid, usually with a narrow apex

(f) subsp. hyoseroides 4 Leaves sinuate-dentate, usually with a broad apex

5 Stems 15-70 cm, at least twice as long as leaves

(d) subsp. danubialis 5 Stems 5-20 cm, usually not more than twice as long as leaves

(e) subsp. opimus