Buphthalmum salicifolium, 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 : 138

1. B. salicifolium L. , Sp. Pl. 904 (1753)

(inch B. grandiflorum L. ).

Somewhat hairy perennial 15-70(-150) cm. Stem simple or branched, with 1 or more capitula. Lower leaves 5-10 cm, obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, petiolate; upper leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, usually acute or acuminate, sessile; all entire or remotely denticulate and more or less appressed-pubescent. Involucre 15-30 mm in diameter, hemispherical; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat sericeous. Ligules 7-20 x 2-3 mm. Achenes 3-4 mm, glabrous; pappus denticulate. 2л = 20. Mainly in hilly or mountainous country', somewhat calcicele. • C. Europe, extending to E. & S.E. France, N. Italy and C. Jugoslavia. Au Cz Ga Ge He Hu It Ju.