Helichrysum italicum, (Roth) G. Don fil.

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 : 130

10. H. italicum (Roth) G. Don fil. in Loudon, Hort. Brit. 342 (1830).

Aromatic. Stems (1O-)2O-5O cm, angular. Leaves (5-)10-30(-40) mm, narrowly linear, greenish and sparsely tomentose to glabrescent or rarely white-tomentose. Inflorescence 1 -5-8 cm across; involucre 2-4 mm in diameter, oblongcylindrical to narrowly campanulate; bracts closely and regularly imbricate, all, except usually the outermost, glandular, the inner at least 5 times as long as the outer, narrowly oblong to linear, scarious, the outer broadly rounded, coriaceous, usually tomentose. Achenes with scattered shining white glands or eglandular. 2« = 28. Dry places. S. Europe. BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si. 1 Achenes eglandular; involucre 3-4 mm in diameter

(c) subsp. serotinum 1 Achenes with scattered white glands; involucre 2-3 mm in

diameter 2 Involucre2 -3mm indiameter; outerbractseglandular; lower

leaves usually 20-50 mm (a) subsp. italicum 2 Involucre2 mm indiameter; outerbractsglandularonthe

outside; leaves rarely more than 10 mm

(b) subsp. microphyllum