Crepis incana, Sibth. & Sm.

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 : 352

36. C. incana Sibth. & Sm. , FZ. Graec. Prodr. 2: 136 (1813).

Perennial; stems 1-5, 3-15 cm, with 1-4 divaricate branches from near the base. Leaves glabrous or canescent-tomentose; basal 3-13 x 1-2 cm, oblanceolate, acute, narrowed to base, pinnatisect, with lanceolate, entire or triangular, dentate lateral segments, with acute lobes and teeth; cauline like the basal, sessile, amplexicaul, more or less reduced, the uppermost bract-like. Capitula few to numerous. Involucre 10-12 x 5-10 mm; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse, the outer c. | as long as inner, densely canescent-tomentose, sometimes with a median row of short black hairs. Ligules purplish-pink. Achenes 5-6 x 0-8-1-4 mm, brown, fusiform, 10-ribbed. 2n = 16. Mountain rocks, 1200-1850 m. 9 S. & S.E. Greece. Gr.