Pulicaria odora, (L.) Reichenb.

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 : 137

1. P. odora (L.) Reichenb. , FI. Germ. Excurs. 239 (1831).

Perennial with a short stock. Stems 20-70 cm, villous or lanate, simple or sparingly branched. Basal leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, green at anthesis; cauline leaves oblong-lanceolate, semiamplexicaul, the lower auriculate, glandular-denticulate, green and scabrid above, greyish-lanate beneath. Capitula 1 to few, 2-3 cm in diameter, hemispherical; peduncles 3-15 cm, thickened above, usually with several bracts. Involucral bracts linear, long-acuminate, more or less lanate and glandular. Ligules c. 8 mm longer than the involucre, patent. Pappus of scales free almost to the base, surrounding 10-12 hairs. Achenes c. 2 mm, hairy. 2n = 18 + 0-6 B. Mediterranean region, Portugal. Al BI Co Cr Ga Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.