Logfia arvensis, (L.) J. Holub

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 : 123-124

2. L. arvensis (L.) J. Holub , Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 33: 432 (1975)

( Filago arvensis L. , F. montana L. pro parte).

Plant patent-lanate. Stem 5-70 cm, usually racemosely branched. Leaves (6-) 10-20 x 1-4 mm, oblongto linear-lanceolate. Capitula 2-5-6 x 2-5-5 mm, broadly ovoid, terete, in clusters of (1—)3—12 in a racemose or paniculate inflorescence, not overtopped by subtending leaves. Involucral bracts only slightly saccate at the base, with a short, glabrous, hyaline apex. Inner female florets 15-18; hermaphrodite c. 3. Pappus 2-5-3 -5 mm. Achenes 0-6-1 - 1 x 0-2-0-3 mm, pale brown, the outer obliquely oblong, the inner oblong-obovoid. 2n = 28. Most of Europe. Al Au Be Bu Co Cr Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Si Su Tu [Br].

Plants with denser and more patent indumentum (especially on the bracts), sparingly branched stem, larger capitula and bracts with more acute apex, occurring on mountains in the Mediterranean region, have been called Filago arvensis subsp. lagopus (Stephan ex Willd.) Nyman , Consp. 385 (1879); their taxonomic status and name require further investigation.