Crepis chrysantha, (Ledeb.) Turcz.

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 : 348

10. C. chrysantha (Ledeb.) Turcz. , Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 11: 96 (1838).

Stems 1-3, 8-20 cm. Leaves more or less white- tomentulose; basal up to 9 x 2 cm, oblanceolate, obtuse to acute, sinuate-dentate or denticulate, gradually attenuate into the narrow petiole; cauline 1-3, like the basal or bract-like. Capitula 1-3. Involucre 14-16 mm; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, the outer c. I as long as inner, with numerous, dark green, eglandular hairs, pubescent on inner face. Achenes 5-7(-9-5) mm, reddishbrown or dark purple, fusiform, usually more attenuate at apex than base, 15-ribbed. 2« = 8. Meadows and streamsides. Ural, southwards to 54° 30'. Rs (N, C). (N. & C. Asia.) Sect. HiERACioiDES Froelich. Rhizomatous , pubescent perennials with robust to slender stems, with few branches mostly above the middle. Leaves petiolate, lyrate-pinnatifid or entire. Capitula with many florets. Ligules yellow. Receptacle with glabrous or ciliate pits.