Filago eriocephala, Guss.

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 : 121

2. F. eriocephala Guss. , Pl. Rar. 344 (1826).

Plant greyishwhite. Stem (5-)10-20(-35) cm, erect or rarely procumbent, usually branched above the middle. Leaves 8-24 x 2-5(-8) mm. Capitula 4 x 2 mm, the upper half protruding from the lanate indumentum, in very dense ovoid to oblong clusters of (2O-)3O-50(-60); clusters 9-17 x 10-12 mm, not overtopped by subtending leaves. Involucral bracts 3x1 mm, broadly lanceolate, stramineous, distinctly keeled at the apex, shortly aristate. Inner female florets 10-20; hermaphrodite 2-4. Achenes 0-5-0-8 mm, oblong-obovoid, brownish. 2« = 28. Mediterranean region, eastwards from France. Al Co Cr Ga Gr It Ju Sa Si.