Crepis foetida, L.

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 : 354

51. C. foetida L. , Sp. Pl. 807 (1753).

Stems 10-50 cm, branched from the base or middle. Leaves more or less hispid; basal up to 13x 3 cm, oblanceolate, denticulate to 2-pinnate; cauline elliptical, ovate, lanceolate or linear, runcinate to deeply pinnatifid, sessile, auriculate. Capitula 1 to many. Involucre 7-16 x 4-13 mm. Ligules yellow, reddish-purple on the outer face. Achenes fusiform, of 2 kinds: marginal stout, shortly and coarsely beaked or beakless; inner longer, slender, with a slender beak. Most of Europe except the north. Al Au Be BI Br Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Si Tu.

1 Receptacle with scales; pappus 3-4 mm (c) subsp. commutata 1 Receptacle without scales; pappus (4-)5-6(-7) mm

2 Outer involucral bracts up to 0-75 mm wide, linear-lanceolate,

c. i as long as inner, usually predominantly glandular-hairy

(a) subsp. foetida 2 Outerinvolucralbracts1 -1-5mm wide,lanceolate, c. | as long as inner, mostly or entirely eglandular-hairy

(b) subsp. rhoeadifolia