Anthemis spruneri, Boiss. & Heldr.

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 : 152

21. A. spruneri Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., op. cit. 3(3): 24 (1856)

( A. orientalis var. spruneri (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek ).

Densely sericeous perennial. Stems up to 42 cm, simple or branched. Leaves 2-pinnatisect, densely sericeous-tomentose; lobes ovate-oblong to oblong-linear, obtuse. Capitula up to 14 mm in diameter; ligules absent. Involucre not very convex; outer bracts ovate, acute, the inner oblong, obtuse or subobtuse, with narrow, hyaline margin. Receptacle convex; scales truncate or attenuate to a short acumen, shorter than the florets. Stony places on mountains. • S. Greece. Gr.

Like discoid variants of 19 but with denser, slightly crispate indumentum, wider lobes of leaves, obtuse inner involucral bracts with wider scarious margin, roundish receptacle and larger, distinctly ribbed achenes with shorter auricle.