Reichardia tingitana, (L.) Roth

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 : 325

1. R. tingitana (L.) Roth , Bot. Abh. 35 (1787)

( Picridium tingitanum (L.) Desf. ).

Glabrous annual to perennial. Stems 4-35 cm. Leaves smooth to densely white-papillose; basal leaves 2-17 x 0-5-7 cm, oblanceolate, obtuse to acute, dentate to pinnatifid, narrowed at base into a short, broadly winged petiole; cauline 1-6, similar to basal or linear, sessile and more or less amplexicaul. Capitula 1-4; peduncles long, thickened at the apex. Involucre 10-15 x 10—15 mm; bracts ovate, obtuse to acute, with wide scarious margins, glabrous. Ligules yellow, purplish at base, the outer with a red stripe on outer face, about twice as long as involucre. Achenes 1 -5-2-5 mm, 4- to 5-angled, all strongly transversely rugose. 2л = 16. Mediterranean region. BI Cr Gr Hs Si.