Anthemis cretacea, Zefirov

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45. A. cretacea Zefirov , Not. Syst. (Leningrad) 16: 371 (1954).

Greyish- or whitish-lanate perennial. Stems 10-25 cm, decumbent, numerous, simple or branched. Leaves up to 3 - 5 cm, oblong, pinnatisect; segments oblong, pectinate-dentate, somewhat distant; teeth mucronate. Capitula 12-20(-25) mm in diameter; peduncles 2-8 cm. Involucre hemispherical-subcampanulate, whitish-lanate; bracts rigid and rather thick at base, the outer lanceolate, very acute, without a scarious margin, the inner ovate-oblong to oblong with obtuse or subobtuse hyaline apex, narrowly edged with pale brown, fimbriate. Ligules 4-7 x 2-25 mm, bright yellow. Disc 7-13 mm in diameter, deeper yellow than ligules. Receptacle subhemispherical; scales about equalling the florets. Corona c. | as long as achene. Stony calcareous slopes. S. W. Krym. Rs (K). (Caucasus.)

A. parviceps Dobrocz. & Fedorov in Zerov et al., Vyzn. Rosi. Ukr. 676 (1965), from Krym, is like 45 but has erect or ascending stems 25-50 cm and pale yellow ligules. Its taxonomic rank is uncertain.