Anacyclus clavatus, (Desf.) Pers.

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 : 168

1. A. clavatus (Desf.) Pers. , Syn. Pl. 2: 465 (1807)

( A. tomentosus DC. ).

More or less villous annual up to 50 cm. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate in outline, with linear, mucronulate lobes. Capitula 15-20 mm in diameter (excluding ligules). Peduncles davate after flowering. Involucral bracts lanceolate to ovatelanceolate, acute or acuminate, without an appendage, greenish, with a narrow white or purplish scarious margin, sericeousvillous. Ligules usually 7-14 mm, white, oblanceolate, rarely very short. Outer achenes broadly winged, each wing with an erect, rounded lobe projecting beyond the apex of the achene; inner achenes unwinged; pappus absent. 2л = 18. Disturbed ground. Mediterranean region, extending to Portugal and N. W. Spain. BI Co Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.