Scorzonera parviflora, Jacq.

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 : 320

10. S. parviflora Jacq. , FZ. Austr. 4: 3 (1776).

Glabrous perennial or biennial (10-)15-60 cm; rootstock oblique, stout, with stout fleshy roots, not fibrous at apex. Stems solitary or few, simple or with 1-3 branches, rather fleshy, erect, with 1-3 usually small leaves. Basal leaves 7-30 x 0-5-1-5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, flat, often more or less petiolate. Involucre 12-25 mm. Ligules 1-1| times as long as bracts, pale yellow, sometimes purplish outside. Achenes 7-9 mm, cylindrical, with smooth ribs, glabrous. Pappus-hairs about twice as long as achene, plumose, dirty white. 2л = 14. Saline soils. From N. W. Czechoslovakia and S. C. Russia southwards to E. C. Spain, Bulgaria and Krym. Au Bu Cz Ga Ge Gr Hs Hu Ju Rm Rs (C, W, К, E).