Phyteuma spicatum, 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 : 96

1. P. spicatum L. , Sp. Pl. 171 (1753) .

Stem 3O-8O(-1OO) cm, erect, glabrous. Basal and lower cauline leaves usually ovate, deeply cordate, obtuse, 1 - to 2-crenate to serrate, long-petiolate; basal leaves present at anthesis. Inflorescence dense, at first ovoid to more or less globose, later up to 6(-20) cm, cylindrical. Bracts linear, usually not longer than the width of the inflorescence, more or less conspicuous. Corolla somewhat curved in bud. Stigmas 2. Meadows and woods. • From S. Norway and Estonia southwards to N. Spain and Crna Gora. Au Be Br Cz Da Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W) [Fe Su].