Filago fuscescens, Pomel

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

6. F. fuscescens Pomel , Nouv. Mat. FI. Atl. 44 (1874).

Plant greyish. Stem 5—12(—15) cm. Leaves 10-15 x 2-5-3 - 5 mm, oblong-obovate. Capitula 4-4- 5 x 2-5 mm, shortly pyramidal-ovoid, 5-angled, in clusters of 3-8(-10); clusters 7-8 x 6-7 mm, not overtopped by subtending leaves. Involucral bracts c. 4 x 1-5 mm, 3 (-4) in each vertical row, ovate-lanceolate, patent-lanate in the upper half, brownish, with a purple spot below the apex, with a straight, often reddish-purple arista 1 -5 mm. Inner female florets 15-20; hermaphrodite 4-7. Achenes 0-8 x 0-3 mm, obovoid, pale brown. S.E. Spain. Hs. (N. W. Africa.)