Tragopogon crocifolius, L.

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 : 323

8. T. crocifolius L. , Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1191 (1759)

(inch T. flaviflorus (Willk.) Willk. , T. stenophyllus Jordan , T. castellanus Leresche & Levier , T. badalii Willk. ).

Annual or biennial with a fusiform rootstock. Stems 10-80 cm, simple or branched. Leaves narrowly linear, scarcely widened at base. Peduncles not inflated; involucral bracts 5-12; outer ligules violet, yellow at base, rarely either yellow or violet throughout; inner yellow, rarely violet. Achenes c. 2 cm, more or less strongly tuberculate; beak stout, distinctly davate, about as long as body; annulus glabrous or hairy. Pappus about as long as achene. S. Europe from Portugal to the Balkan peninsula. Bu Co Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu?Sa [Su].