Filaginella uliginosa, (L.) Opiz

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 : 127-128

1. F. uliginosa (L.) Opiz , Abh. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. ser. 5, 8 (Sitzungsber. Sect.): 52 (1854)

( Gnaphalium uliginosum L. ).

Stem (l-)5-20 cm. Leaves 10-50 x 2-5(-8) mm, linear-lanceolate to oblong-obovate. Capitula 3-4 x 5 mm, sessile, in clusters of 3-10, overtopped by subtending leaves. Involucral bracts oblong to linear, brownish. Female florets 50-150, the hermaphrodite 5-8. Achene 0-5 mm, oblong-cylindrical; pappus 1 -5 mm. 2n = 14. Damp places. Most of Europe.?A1 Au Be Br Bu?Cr CzDaFeGaGeGrHbHeHoHsHuIsItJuLuNoPoRmRs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su Tu.

1 Stems 1- 3 mm thick atbase,with a dense,continuous,appres-

sed white-lanate indumentum, often woody; leaves oblong-

obovate to oblong-spathulate; female florets more than 100

in each capitulum (d) subsp. rossica 1 Stems 0-5-2 mm thick at base, rather patent-tomentose, ±

herbaceous; leaves linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate;

female florets not more than 100 in each capitulum 2 Lower leaves ina rosette,persistent whendead; lateralbran­

ches ascending to erect, ± parallel to the main stem

(c) subsp. kasachstanica

2 Lower leaves not in a rosette, not persistent when dead; lateral branches patent to suberect

3 Plant light green; stems glabrous below; dense, whitelanate indumentum restricted to bases of clusters of capitula (b) subsp. sibirica

3 Plant greyish or whitish; stems usually lanate± throughout; indumentum of the bases of clusters of capitula similar to that of the other parts of the plant (a) subsp. uliginosa