Berardia subacaulis, Vili.

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 : 215

1. B. subacaulis Vili. , Prosp. Pl. Dauph. 28 (1779).

Stem absent or up to 15 cm, coarsely sulcate, densely arachnoid-tomentose, covered with short, brown, membranous sheaths at the base. Leaves obovate to suborbicular, entire or slightly dentate, slightly decurrent at base, petiolate, coriaceous, with arachnoid indumentum above, densely arachnoid-tomentose beneath. Capitulum 50-70 mm, hemispherical. Involucral bracts cuneate, arachnoid-tomentose, the inner almost as long as the florets. Achenes brown or yellow; pappus 12-20 mm, yellowish. 2« = 36. Rocks and screes above 1500 m. • S.W. Alps. Galt.