Staehelina 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 : 217

115. Staehelina L. 1

Small caespitose shrubs. Leaves alternate, often crowded in rosettes near apices of branches, entire to pinnatifid, coriaceous. Capitula in terminal corymbose cymes, rarely solitary. Involucre more or less cylindrical; bracts imbricate, unequal, oblong to ovate, mucronate. Receptacular scales narrow, multifid. Florets all hermaphrodite. Corolla pink to purple, tubular, 5-fid. Achenes oblong, more or less costate, brown; pappus of one row of white hairs with branches about as long as the hair. 1 Leaves glabrous; ovary and achenes white-villous 1. fruticosa 1 Leaves sericeous or tomentose beneath; ovary and achenes glabrous

2 Leaves sericeous beneath; rosette-leaves 50-80x 35-55 mm

3. arborea 2 Leaves tomentose beneath; leaves not more than 40 x 1 8 mm,

not in rosettes

3 Leaves ovate; involucre 8-10x2 mm 2. uniflosculosa 3 Leaves obovate-oblong to linear; involucre 15-20 x 3-8 mm

4 Leaves 8-15x4-8 mm, dentate to pinnatifid; involucre

7-8 mm wide 4. baetica 4 Leaves 15-35 x 2-3 mm, sinuate-dentate to entire; involucre

3-5 mm wide 5. dubia