Crepis capillaris, (L.) Wallr.

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 : 355

60. C. capillaris (L.) Wallr. , Linnaea 14: 657 (1841)

(C. virens L. nom . illegit.).

Annual or biennial; stems 1-many, (5-)20-100 cm, branched from the base or above. Leaves glabrous or with scattered short eglandular hairs; basal up to 30 x 4-5 cm, numerous, lanceolate to oblanceolate, obtuse to acute, denticulate, dentate, runcinate-pinnatifid, or lyrate, pinnatisect or 2-pinnatisect, narrowed at base; cauline like basal but smaller. Capitula many. Involucre 5-9 x 3-8 mm, glabrous, tomentose or sparsely glandular-hairy; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse to acute, outer 7-9, 4~4 as long as the inner. Achenes 1 -4-2-5 mm, brown, 10-ribbed. 2n = 6. W., C. & S. Europe; naturalized or casual in parts of the north and east. Al Au Az Be Br Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm?Tu [Da Rs (B, C, W, K) Su].

Very variable. Plants without a central main stem and involucres 5-7 mm ( var. capillaris ) are more frequent in W., C. & S. Europe, whilst plants with a central main stem and involucres 7-9 mm ( var. agrestis (Waldst. & Kit.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. ) seem to be more frequent in the northern part of the range. Both have 2n = 6.