Achillea holosericea, Sibth. & Sm.

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 : 164

38. A. holosericea Sibth. & Sm. , FI. Graec. Prodr. 2: 194 (1813).

Stems 15-60 cm, erect, simple, pubescent. Leaves 1-pinnatifid, more or less sericeous; basal 3-20 cm, petiolate, lanceolate in outline, the lobes ovate to lanceolate, more or less serrate; cauline 1-3 cm, plane, sessile, the lobes with more or less entire margins. Corymbs with 10 to many capitula; peduncles 2-5 mm. Involucre c. 5 mm in diameter; bracts c. 4 mm, ovate, obtuse, with a narrow brown margin. Ligules 1-5-2-5 mm, broadly orbicular, yellow. 2л = 18. Mountain rocks. 9 S. & S.W.parts of Balkan peninsula. Al Gr Ju.