Lappula squarrosa subsp. squarrosa

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 118

(a) Subsp. squarrosa

( L. echinata Fritsch , L. myosotis Moench , Echinospermum lappula (L.) Lehm. ; incl. Lappula consanguinea (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Gürke ):

Giochidia on nutlets 1-1-5 mm, all of subequal length, those of the inner row not confluent at base. Cultivated fields and other dry disturbed habitats. Throughout the range o f the species.