Matricaria parviflora, (Willd.) Poiret

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 : 167

8. M. parviflora (Willd.) Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 3: 608 (1814)

( T. parviflorum (Willd.) Pobed. ).

Annual. Stems 10-50 cm, erect or ascending, simple or branched from the base. Stems and leaves sparsely hairy. Capitula 1-8, 2-2-5 cm in diameter; ligules 0-6-0-8 cm; involucral bracts oblong, with a pale to dark brown scarious margin 0-25-0-5 mm wide. Achenes 1 -9-2-3 mm; ribs whitish and strongly inflated; abaxial surface pale brown and smooth, sometimes with thin supernumerary ribs or longitudinal striations; pappus 0-7-0-9 mm, membranous and reticulately veined, 3-lobed. Semi-deserts. S.E. Russia. Rs (E). (C. & S. W. Asia.)