Anthemis carpatica, Willd.

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 : 148-149

2. A. carpatica Willd. , Sp. Pl. 3: 2179 (1803).

Stock woody. Stems usually simple, densely appressed-hairy to glabrous. Leaves densely appressed-hairy to glabrous, 1 -to 2-pinnatisect or pinnatipartite, with entire, dentate or lobed segments, the lower cauline long-petiolate; lobes linear-lanceolate or obovate- lanceolate. Capitula usually long-pedunculate. Involucre sub- hemispherical, not umbonate; bracts subequal, ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acute to subobtuse, green with rather wide, black or brown margins and apex. Ligules usually longer than the diameter ofthe disc; corolla-tube swollen andspongy at base. Receptacle hemispherical-conical; scales oblong or oblongcuneate, frequently brown towards the dentate or lacerate apex, acuminate, shorter than the florets. Achenes cylindrical-obconical, subquadrangular, obsoletely ribbed, not or slightly granulate; corona up to 0-5 mm. Grassy and stony places. Mountains of S. & S. C. Europe, from the Pyrenees to the E. Carpathians and N. Greece. Al Au Bu Gr He Hs It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).

Very variable in habit, indumentum, size of leaves, shape and width of leaf-lobes, size of capitula, etc. Some plants from S.E. Europe and E. Pyrenees are more or less whitish-sericeous, sometimes have stems with 1-2 branches, and a slightly higher receptacle. These have been called A. cinerea Pančič , Nov. Elem. Fl. Bulg. 39 (1886), and may merit subspecific rank.

1 Stems usually notmore than 10 cm; leaves pinnatipartite, with cuneate, entire or 2- to 3-lobed segments, the lobes up to

3 mm wide (b) subsp. pyrethriformis 1 Stems usually more than 10 cm; leaves 1 - to 2-pinnatisect, usually with narrower, not cuneate lobes

2 Glabrous;stemsusuallymorethan3|timesaslongasthe non-flowering shoots; capitula 20-30(-40) mm in diameter

(c) subsp. petraea 2 Sparselyhairyto± whitish-sericeous,rarelyglabrous; stems usually less than 3| times as long as the non-flowering shoots; capitula(20-)30-50mm in diameter (a) subsp. carpatica