Filago congesta, Guss

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 : 122

10. F. congesta Guss , ex DC., Prodr. 6: 248 (1838).

Stem 10-16 cm, usually procumbent or ascending, with many clusters of capitula. Leaves 8-16 x 1 -5-2 mm, lanceolate- to linear-spathulate. Capitula 5-6 x 2-5 mm, pyramidal, sharply 5-angled, hairy only in the furrows, in clusters of (2-)3-6(-18). Involucral bracts 4-5 x 1 -3 mm, closely appressed in 5 very distinct rows, hairy only on margin, with an arista 0-5-1-2 mm; middle bracts not longer than the inner, the inner obtuse. Hermaphrodite florets 4-6, without pappus or with 1-4 hairs. Achenes 1-1-2 x 0-4-0-5 mm. W. Mediterranean region. BI Ga Hs It Sa Si.