Senecio helenitis subsp. salisburgensis, Cuf.

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(d) Subsp. salisburgensis Cuf. , Feddes Repert. (Beih.) 70: 129 (1933):

Like subsp. (a) but stems and leaves more or less sparsely hairy but glabrescent on both surfaces; basal leaves up to 7(-10) cm; involucral bracts reddish at least at apex; ligules 15-18 (sometimes absent); achenes usually glabrous. Damp grassy places. S.E. Germany and N.C. Austria. Rather variable and showing similarities to both subsp. (a) and 37.

Plants from the Pyrenees with the basal leaves oblong to ovateoblong and no ligules have been called S. lapeyrousii Rothm. , Feddes Repert. 49: 276 (1940) (5. pyrenaicus Gren. & Godron , non L., 5. spathulifolius subsp. pyrenaicus (Nyman) Rouy , Cineraria pyrenaica Nyman ), but are best considered as variants of subsp. (a).

Plants from subalpine habitats in S.C. France with densely arachnoid-lanate stems and leaves, elliptic- or ovate-oblong, slightly fleshy basal leaves and 13-19 ligules have been called subsp. arvernensis (Rouy) Cuf. , Feddes Repert. (Beih.) 70: 115 (1933) ( S. spathulifolius subsp. arvernensis (Rouy) Rouy , Cineraria longifolia subsp. arvernensis (Rouy) Nyman ); they show some approach to subsp. (b).