Atractylis tutinii, Franco

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 : 211

2. A. tutinii Franco , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 71: 47 (1975).

Stout perennial; stems 5-12 cm, whitish floccose-tomentose. Leaves light green, glabrous beneath, densely papillose above; lower up to 50x 15 mm, oblanceolate-oblong, pinnatifid, with slender spines; upper wider (up to 18 mm), broadly oblanceolate, pinnately lobed or incise-dentate, spiny. Involucre 12-20 mm, subglobose, surrounded by upper leaves which are up to 3 timesits length; outer bracts erecto-patent, not similar to upper leaves; middle bracts rounded but abruptly subulate, the lower ovate-oblong, theremainder orbicular-ovate. Achenes unknown; pappus 12-15 mm, white. Dry, calcareous stony slopes. • S.E. Spain (Cabo de Gata). Hs.