Volutaria lippii, (L.) Maire

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 : 253

1. V. lippii (L.) Maire in Jahandiez & Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 817 (1934)

( Centaurea lippii L. ).

Plant crispate-papillose; stems 20-40 cm, erect, divaricately branched, sulcate, leafy up to the capitula. Basal leaves more or less in a rosette, obovate, lyrate or pinnatipartite, long-petiolate; segments oblong, remotely dentate; cauline leaves pinnatipartite, shortly decurrent, with short, winged petiole. Involucre 10-12 mm; middle bracts villous, with appendage c. 3 mm, lanceolate, yellow, brown at base. Florets bright pink. Achenes 3-4 mm; pappus c. 2-5 mm. Cultivated and waste ground. Naturalized in S.E. Spain and Linosa. [Hs Si.] (N. Africa, S. W. Asia.)

V. maroccana (Barratte & Murb.) Maire , op. cit. 818 (1934) ( Amberboa maroccana Barratte & Murb. ), from Morocco, which is like 1 but has pinnatisect leaves with linear, entire segments, the upper leaves as long as the basal, and the middle involucral bracts with a minute, black appendage, has been reported from S.E. Spain, and is perhaps naturalized.