Pulicaria dysenterica, (L.) Bernh.

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2. P. dysenterica (L.) Bernh. , Syst. Verz. Erfurt 153 (1800).

Perennial with scaly stolons. Stems 20-60 cm, lanate or tomentose, freely branched. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, the lowest petiolate, withered at anthesis, the others sessile, usually widest near the semiamplexicaul, auriculate base; all undulate, remotely serrate, green and scabrid above, greyish-tomentose beneath. Capitula usually numerous, 1 -5-3 cm in diameter, hemispherical; peduncles 1 -5-2-5 cm, not thickened above, without or with 1 bract. Involucral bracts linear to subulate, more or less lanate and glandular. Ligules c. 5 mm longer than the involucre, patent. Pappus of scales connate for more than | their length, surrounding 14-20 hairs. Achenes c. 1 - 5 mm, hairy. 2n — 18, 20. Damp places. S., W. & C. Europe, extending northwards to Denmark. All except Az Fa Fe Is No Rs (N, В,?C, E) Sb; extinct (except as a casual) in Su.