Omalotheca hoppeana, (Koch) Schultz Bip. & F. W. Schultz

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 : 127

3. O. hoppeana (Koch) Schultz Bip. & F. W. Schultz , loc. cit. (1861)

( Gnaphalium hoppeanum Koch ).

Stem 3-15 cm. Leaves 2-4 mm wide, lanceolate-spathulate to linear-lanceolate, abruptly contracted at the apex, l (-3)-veined. Capitula 5-7 mm, very shortly pedunculate. Involucre broadly ovoid at anthesis, campanulate in fruit; bracts in 3 rows, the outer |(-J) as long as involucre. Florets 3-5 mm; lobes of the corolla in hermaphrodite florets little longer than wide. Achenes 1 -5-2 mm, shortly and sparsely patent-hairy, the hairs rounded at apex and not covering the base of the pappus. Rocky and grassy places in the mountains', calcicele. • C. Europe, from the W. Alps and Jura to the W. Carpathians', Italy and N. W. part of Balkan peninsula. Al Au Cz GaGeHeItJuPo.