Crepis spathulata, Guss.

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64. C. spathulata Guss. , Cat. Pl. Boccad. 73 (1821).

Perennial; stems 2-3, 15-30 cm. Leaves glabrous or puberulent; basal 5-15 x 0-5-2-5 cm, oblanceolate to spathulate, obtuse to subacute, sinuate-dentate or denticulate, attenuate at base; cauline small, linear, acuminate and sessile, or bract-like. Capitula 1-4. Involucre 12-13x5-7 mm; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, canescent-tomentose, with short glandular hairs and a few longer eglandular hairs, pubescent on inner face, outer c. i as long as inner. Achenes 5-5x0-75 mm, brown, fusiform, gradually attenuate into a beak, 10-ribbed. • S. Italy, Sicilia. It Si.