Daucus broteri, Ten.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 373

3. D. broteri Ten. , FI. Nap. 4, Syll. App. 3: 4 (1830).

Annual; stems 15-50 cm, erect or ascending, much-branched from the base, retrorse-scabrid or sometimes hispid near the base. Leaves 2-pinnate; lobes linear-oblong, entire or pinnatifid. Rays 8-14, short. Bracts shorter than or as long as the rays, not deflexed, pinnatifid; bracteoles linear-lanceolate to setaceous, entire or 3-sect. Petals 1-2- 5 mm, white or pink, the outer radiate. Fruit 4-6 mm; spines on secondary ridges about as long as the width of the mericarp, strongly dilated and confluent at the base. Cultivated fields and seashores. Italy, Balkan peninsula, Kriti. Al Bu Cr GrIt Ju.