Senecio auricula, Bourgeau ex Cosson

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 : 197

24. S. auricula Bourgeau ex Cosson , Not. Pl. Crii. 169 (1852).

Perennial 10-40 cm. Stock short, stout, densely lanate. Stems erect, simple or branched only in inflorescence, sparsely arachnoid-lanate or glabrous. Leaves 3-10 x 0-8-3 cm, mostly in a basal rosette, ovate-spathulate to linear-cuneate, subentire or 3-dentate at apex, glaucous, fleshy-coriaceous, glabrous or glabrescent; cauline up to 6, 1-3 cm, oblong to linear-lanceolate. Capitula (1—)2—8, 25-35 mm in diameter, in a corymb. Involucre 7-12 mm, subglabrous, with 4-6 supplementary bracts as long as the involucre. Ligules 10-13,10-12 mm, yellow. Achenes 4-5 mm, shortly hairy. Rocky and marshy places; calcicole. C., S. & E. Spain. Hs.