Pycnocomon rutifolium, (Vahl) Hoffmanns. & Link

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 : 74

1. P. rutifolium (Vahl) Hoffmanns. & Link , FI. Port. 2: 94 (1825)

( Scabiosa rutifolia Vahl ).

Glabrous to pubescent perennial; stems up to T75 m, erect, usually branched. Basal leaves up to 6-5 cm, linear-oblanceolate to obovate-spathulate, crenately lobed to 1 - to 2-pinnatifid with entire to distally crenate-serrate, usually linear to oblong segments up to 8 x 3 mm; cauline leaves 1 - to 2-pinnatisect, the uppermost linear and bract-like. Capitulum 5-20 mm in diameter; lobes of the involucre 2-7 mm, triangular-ovate, acute. Involucel with short limb, the lobes unequally denticulate. Corolla pink to yellowish or white. 2л = 18. Maritime sands. W. Mediterranean region, S. Portugal. Co Hs It Lu Sa Si.