Filago micropodioides, Lange

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 : 123

12. F. micropodioides Lange , op. cit. 71 (1861).

Plant muchbranched, the main stem very short, branches procumbent or obliquely ascending. Leaves 12-15 x 2-2-5 mm, oblong- to linear-lanceolate, those subtending the clusters oblong-lanceolate, overtopping clusters. Clusters of capitula 6-9 mm wide, almost covered by brownish-grey indumentum, with 8-10 not clearly distinct capitula. Involucral bracts c. 3 x 1-2 mm, patent-lanate on the back, acute, with an arista 0-2 mm; inner bracts obtuse. Hermaphrodite florets 4-5; pappus of few hairs, caducous. Achene c. 0-9 mm. E. & S.E. Spain. Hs.

A rare plant resembling Bombycilaena erecta .