Quercus pubescens, Willd.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 64

23. Q. pubescens Willd. , Beri . Baumz. 279 (1796)

(0. lanuginosa Thuill. ).

Deciduous tree up to 25 m, or shrub; twigs densely pubescent. Leaves 4-12 cm, sinuate to pinnatifid, densely tomentose beneath when young, sometimes glabrescent; petiole 5-12 mm. Fruits subsessile or shortly stalked; involucre up to 15 x 14 mm; scales lanceolate, pubescent, appressed. W., C. & S. Europe, extending eastwards to Krym. Al Au Be Bu Co Cz Ga Ge G r He Hs H u It Ju Po Rm Rs (W, K) Sa Si Tu.

1Leaves very variable in size and toothing; involucre more or less obconical (b) subsp. anatolica 1 Leaves more or less uniform; involucre hemispherical

2 Leaves usually at least 6 cm; scales of involucre subequal

(a) subsp. pubescens 2 Leaves rarely more than 6 cm; scales of involucre unequal

(c) subsp. palensis