Achillea crithmifolia, Waldst. & Kit.

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 : 163

30. A. crithmifolia Waldst. & Kit. , Pl. Rar. Hung. 1: 68 (1801).

Stems 20-60 cm, simple, erect. Middle cauline leaves 4-6 x 0-8-2 cm, ovate to lanceolate in outline, plane, pinnatisect, more or less pubescent, the rhachis entire; primary segments 5-10 mm, lanceolate to linear in outline, mostly with a few lanceolate teeth. Leaves on non-flowering shoots much dissected, with linear ultimate lobes. Corymbs with many capitula. Involucre 3-5-5 x 2-3 mm; bracts glabrous, shiny. Ligules c. 2 mm, white to pale yellow. 2л =18. Mountain scrub and meadows. • Balkan peninsula, extending northwards to S.E. Czechoslovakia. Al Bu Cz Gr Hu Ju Rm Tu.

Plants from S. Romania with primary leaf-segments with numerous linear lobes have been called A. getica Grec. , Consp. FI. Roman. 310 (1898). Similar plants have also been found in Bulgaria, but their taxonomic status is uncertain.

Specimens from Macedonia with leaves more like those of 33 may warrant taxonomic recognition. Further investigation is required.