Senecio flavus, (Decne) Schultz Bip.

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 : 205

67. S. flavus (Decne) Schultz Bip. in Webb & Berth., Phyt. Canar. 2: 319 (1845)

( S. decaisnei DC. ).

Glabrous, somewhat fleshy annual up to 30 cm; stems much branched. Leaves simple, dentate; basal and lower cauline leaves broadly ovate, often cordate, purplish beneath, petiolate; middle and upper cauline auriculate-amplexicaul, often wider than long. Capitula 4-6 mm in diameter, in a lax corymb. Involucre 7-9 mm; supplementary bracts 0-3, c. 1 mm. Ligules absent. Achenes 2-3 mm, strongly subappressed-hairy. Sandy soils and coastal rocks; rare. S. Spain (Prov. Almeria). Hs. (Africa, S. W. Asia.)