Coleostephus myconis, (L.) Reichenb. fil.

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 : 174

1. C. myconis (L.) Reichenb. fil. , Icon. FI. Germ. 16: 49 (1853)

( Chrysanthemum myconis L. , Myconia myconis (L.) Briq. ).

Stems 10-45 cm, sparingly branched, suberect, glabrous or slightly hairy. Basal leaves 2-5 cm, obovate to obovate-spathulate, broadly obtuse, more or less regularly toothed, petiolate; middle cauline leaves ovate-oblong, subamplexicaul. Capitula 2 cm in diameter. Ligules 6-15 mm, yellow, whitish or discolorous. Corolla-teeth of tubular florets subacute. Achenes of ligulate florets 3 mm, compressed, sterile, with an elongate, membranous, tubular pappus enveloping the corolla-tube. Achenes of tubular florets c. 2 mm, cylindrical, with an auricle 1 *2-1 *8 mm enveloping the lower half of the corolla-tube. 2 n - 18. Cultivated ground and waste places. S. Europe. Az Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.