Senecio doria subsp. legionensis, (Lange) Chater

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 : 196

(d) Subsp. legionensis (Lange) Chater , loc. cit. (1974)

(S. legionensis Lange ):

Stems and leaves glabrous. Basal and lower cauline leaves 3-5 cm wide, oblong-spathulate, entire. Supplementary bracts c. i as long as the involucre. Ligules 5-6. Achenes more or less hairy. Meadows and marshes. • N. W. Spain. More or less tomentose-lanate plants of subsp. (a) from Spain have been called var. incanescens Lange ; their status is uncertain. Sect, Crociseris Reichenb. Perennial herbs, usually subglabrous or sparsely hairy, without stolons. Leaves usually undivided, usually decreasing in size up the stem. Involucre with supplementary bracts. Ligules (10-) 12-22, rather long. Achenes subcylindrical, glabrous or hairy.