Anthemis macrantha, Heuffel

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 : 157

51. A. macrantha Heuffel , Flora (Regensb.) 16: 362 (1833)

( A. triumfetti var. rigescens sensu Hayek, non (Willd.) Fiori).

Robust, sparsely hairy to subglabrous. Stems 50-105 cm, usually corymbosely branched above middle. Leaves pinnatisect, green, thin, the basal up to 15 x 10 cm, the middle cauline up to 9 x 4 cm; segments oblong, distant, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect; lobes distant, mucronate-subulate; rhachis dentate. Capitula (45-)50- 65 mm in diameter; peduncles 7-16 cm. Involucre not very convex, umbonate; bracts ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, with blackish margin and apex. Ligules (15-)20-30 x 2-4 mm, attenuate at apex. Disc up to 20 mm in diameter in fruit. Receptacle subhemispherical; scales lanceolate to oblong, brownish towards apex, shortly acuminate, slightly shorter than the florets. Achenes 2-2-5 mm, not very acute at lateral angles, not or weakly striate; corona as long as achene, hyaline, sometimes purple. • Mountains of Bulgaria and Romania. Bu Rm.