Inula oculus-christi, L.

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 : 135

10. I. oculus-christi L. , Sp. Pl. 881 (1753).

Erect, sericeous-lanate perennial 15-60 cm. Leaves sericeous-lanate,entire or denticulate, the lower 7-14 x x -5- 3- 5(-4-5) cm, oblong or oblonglanceolate to obovate-elliptical, the upper more or less amplexicaul. Capitula 25-30 mm in diameter; involucre 10-15 mm, hemispherical; bracts sericeous-lanate, the outer 5-7 xc. 1 mm, lanceolate, erect, the inner 10 -12 x 0-3-0-7 mm, linear. Ligules 16-20 mm, much exceeding the involucre. Achenes 2-3 mm, hairy; pappus with c. 30 setae. 2л = 32. S.E. & E. C.Europe, extending northwardstoc. 53° N. inS.C. Russia. AlAu Bu CzGr Hu Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Tu.

I. auriculata Boiss. & Balansa in Boiss., Diagn. Pl.Or.Nov. 3(3): 13 (1856), from Anatolia, has been once recorded from Turkey-in-Europe. It is like 10 buthas the stem and leaves relatively sparsely tomentose, the involucre c. 10 mm, the outer bracts recurved at the apex, the inner c. 8 x 1 mm and the ligules 12- 14 mm, only slightly exceeding the involucre.