Jurinea cyanoides, (L.) Reichenb.

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 : 219

8. J. cyanoides (L.) Reichenb. , FI. Germ. Excurs. 290 (1831).

Stems 20-60(-70) cm, leafy throughout. Basal leaves deeply 1- or 2-pinnatifid, sometimes entire and linear, glabrous above, whitetomentose beneath, the segments 1-2 mm wide, linear. Capitula 1 -several, 1-3 cm, subglobose. Involucral bracts lax, straight or slightly incurved, herbaceous, the inner glabrous, the outer with arachnoid indumentum. Achenes 3-4 mm, obpyramidal, smooth or finely ribbed, glabrous; corona inconspicuous; pappus 2-2| times as long as achene. Dry, usually sandy ground. C. Europe-, U.S.S. R. northwards to c. 58° N. Cz Ge Rs (C, W, E).