Daucus halophilus, Brot.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 373

4. D. halophilus Brot. , Phyt. Lusit. ed. 3, 2: 198 (1827).

Biennial; stems 15-40 cm, robust, erect or ascending, little-branched, retrorse-scabrid. Leaves 2-pinnate, the lobes fleshy, ovate, usually entire. Rays 12-40, long. Bracts shorter than the rays, not deflexed, with 5-7 lanceolate lobes; bracteoles cuneate, 3-lobed at apex, the margins wide, scarious and long-ciliate. Petals 1-2 mm, white (sometimes pink in the centre of the umbel), the outer radiate. Fruit 2-3 mm; spines on secondary ridges shorter than or as long as the width of the mericarp, yellowish, confluent at the base and forming a crest. Rocky seashores. C. & S. Portugal. Lu.