Anthemis meteorica, Hausskn.

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24. A. meteorica Hausskn. , Mitt. Thür. Bot. Ver. nov. ser., 15: 25 (1896).

Glabrescent, without leaf-rosettes. Stems up to 22 cm, somewhat branched from the base, the main branches with erecto-patent lateral branches, straight, slender, rigid. Leaves 1 -pinnatisect, strongly glandular-punctate; segments patent, linear to oblong, mucronate-subulate, entire or 2-fid. Involucre finally flatiish, glabrous; outer bracts triangular, without hyaline margin, the others oblong, with wide hyaline margin. Ligules 4-5 x 3 mm, deflexed. Disc 6-9 mm in diameter; corolla-tube swollen and spongy in the lower half. Receptacle conical, acute; scales obovate-cuneate, attenuate to a somewhat rigid acumen, shorter than the florets. Achenes c. 1 -5 mm, obpyramidal, with granulate ribs and acute rim, higher on the adaxial side particularly in those of ligules. Dry, stony slopes. • N. & C. Greece, S. Jugoslavia. Gr Ju.