Achillea macrophylla, L.

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 : 161

15. A. macrophylla L. , Sp. Pl. 898 (1753).

Stems 40-75 cm, erect, simple. Leaves c. 7 cm, l(-2)-pinnatifid to pinnatisect, the lobes deeply and irregularly serrate, acute, more or less glabrous; rhachis entire. Corymbs with 5-40 capitula; peduncles 10-20 mm. Involucre 5-8 mm in diameter; bracts 3-4 mm, ovate, obtuse, with a brown margin. Ligules 4-6 mm, obovate, white. Damp or shady places in the mountains. Alps, N. Appennini. Au Ga Ge He It [Cz].

Hybrids with several small-leaved species occur; they are intermediate in leaf-characters and recognition is difficult.