Aster amellus, 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 : 115

15. A. amellus L. , Sp. Pl. 873 (1753)

(inch A. amelloides Besser ).

Perennial 10-70 cm. Stem erect, often decumbent at base. Basal and lower cauline leaves broadly lanceolate to obovate, narrowed into a petiole, sometimes remotely crenate; middle and upper cauline leaves oblong to lanceolate, narrowed at base, sessile. Capitula in corymbs, rarely solitary. Involucral bracts in c. 3 rows, the outer short and subspathulate. Ligules 10-40, blue, rarely red or white. Pappus-hairs unequal. 2/i= 18, 36, 54. Scrub and wood-margins. From N.C. France and Lithuania southwards to N. Italy and Macedonia. Al Au Bu Cz Ga Ge?Gr He Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K, E).

A polymorphic species in need of further investigation.