Bupleurum gerardi, All.

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19. B. gerardi All. , Mélang. Philos. Math. Soc. Roy. Turin (Mise. Taur.) 5: 81 (1774)

( B. affine sensu Coste , non Sadler, B. australe Jordan ).

Slender, erect annual up to 75 cm. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, often subfalcate, acuminate, semiamplexicaul at base; veins 5-7. Rays 2-7. Bracts £ to £ as long as the longer rays, 3-5, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-veined; bracteoles usually distinctly exceeding flowers and fruit, subulate or linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate; veins 1, sometimes with 2 lateral ones in the lower half. Fruit 2-3 mm, ovoid-oblong; ridges filiform. S. & W. Europe, northwards to N. W. France. Bu Co G a G r Hs It Lu Rs (K) Si [Ge].