Phyteuma betonicifolium, Vili.

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 : 97

11. P. betonicifolium Vili. , Hist. Pl. Dauph. 2: 518 (1787)

(inch P. scaposum R. Schulz ).

Stem 20-70 cm, erect, usually nearly leafless in the upper third. Basal leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, usually cordate, 1 - to 2-crenate or crenate-serrate, long-petiolate, sometimes rosulate; cauline leaves similar but narrower. Spike cylindrical. Bracts setaceous, rarely lanceolate, inconspicuous. Corolla deep blue, nearly straight in bud. Stigmas 3, sometimes 4, rarely single flowers with 2. Seeds 04 x0-2 mm. 2л = 24. Meadows and woods. • Alps and mountains of N. Italy. Au Ga Ge He It.