Schkuhria pinnata, (Lam.) O. Kuntze

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 : 144

1. S. pinnata (Lam.) O. Kuntze , Revis. Gen. 3: 170 (1898).

Erect, freely branched annual 25-75 cm, appressed-pubescent at least above. Leaves 1- to 2-pinnatisect, with linear segments. Capitula very numerous, in a more or less corymbose panicle. Involucre 5-6 x 3-4 mm, obconical, with 2 linear bracts at its base; involucral bracts purplish with yellow scarious margin in fruit. Ligule c. 1-5 mm, yellow. Achenes attenuate below, appressed-pubescent. Pappus-scales alternately acuminate-aristate and obtuse. Cultivated or disturbed ground. Naturalized in E. Spain', an occasional casual elsewhere. [Hs.] (South America.)