Lactuca graeca, Boiss.

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 : 331

17. L. graeca Boiss. , FI. Or. 3: 812 (1875).

Perennial. Stems 10-35 cm, glabrous, branched from the base. Lower leaves petiolate, pinnatifid to pinnatisect; upper sessile with auriculate base; all lanate, especially on the midrib, rarely glabrous. Inflorescence with divaricate, ascending branches up to 25 cm, with solitary capitula and few small bracts. Florets 6-15. Ligules blue. Achenes 10-12 mm; body narrowly elliptical, 1- to 3- ribbed, greyish; beak white, as long as or shorter than body. Pappus white, persistent. Mountain rocks and screes. 9 N. & C. Greece, S. Albania. Al Gr.