Senecio linifolius, 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 : 195

11. S. linifolius L. , Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1215 (1759).

Sparsely hairy or glabrescent dwarf shrub 20-50 cm. Stems erect, usually branched throughout, densely leafy and usually with axillary fascicles of leaves. Leaves 2-5(-7) x 01-0-3(-0-4) cm, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute, entire or obscurely dentate, grey-green, fleshy. Capitula many, 10-15 mm in diameter, in compound corymbs or panicles. Involucre 6-8 mm, with 3-6(-12) linear supplementary bracts c. | as long as the involucre and herbaceous throughout; involucral bracts 2-carinate on the back. Ligules 10-15, 5-8 mm, golden-yellow. Achenes c. 3 mm, shortly and densely hairy. 2л = 40. Dry, rocky and stony places. S. & S.E. Spain, Islas Baléares. BI Hs.