Bellium L.

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 : 112

6. Bellium L. 1

Small, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves basal, alternate or subverticillate, petiolate, entire. Capitula small, solitary, pedunculate. Involucral bracts in one row, herbaceous or partly scarious. Receptacle hemispherical to conical; scales absent. Outer florets ligulate, female; ligules entire or subentire, white, sometimes tinged with red beneath. Inner florets 4- or 5-lobed, yellow; corolla-tube campanulate. Achenes slightly compressed, pubescent; pappus of an outer ring of 4-6(-10) hyaline scales i -i as long as the achene and an inner ring of the same number of bristles as long as the achene or longer.

1 Scapose annual; capitula with 7-10 involucral bracts 2. minutimi 1 Perennial, usually with leafy stems or epigeal stolons; capitula with more than 10 involucral bracts

2 Stoloniferous; all leaves basal; involucral bracts c. 3 mm

1. bellidioides 2 Notstoloniferous; caulineleavesusuallypresent; involucral bracts 5-6 mm 3. crassifolium