Anthemis virescens, Nc

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 : 151

14. A.virescens Nc \cn., Sitz.-Ber. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. fMath.-Nat. KI.) 1903(28): 5 (1904)

( A. georgieviana Davidov ).

Probably biennial. Stems 40-60 cm, numerous, corymbosely branched above, glabrous. Leaves 2-pinnatisect, obovate in outline, very sparsely hairy, the middle c. 5 x 4-5 cm; lobes narrowly linear, mucronate. Involucre deeply umbonate, glabrous; bracts coriaceous, the outer oblong-triangular, acute, without a hyaline margin, the others oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, with lacerate margin and rather laceraie-hyaline apex. Ligules 10- 12 x2-75-3 mm, yellow, sterile. Disc 11-13 mm in diameter; corolla-tube conical or subcylindrical, swollen and spongy in the lower half. Receptacle hemispherical-conical, short, acute; receptacular scales oblong-lanceolate, with rigid keel and acumen, shorter than florets. Achenes 1-1-5 mm, weakly 4-angled to subcylindrical, granulate-scabrid on the angles, with an acute rim. Grassy places, cultivated ground and wood-margins. • S.E. Bulgaria. Bu.