Erigeron frigidus, Boiss. ex DC.

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 : 119-120

16. E. frigidus Boiss. ex DC. , Prodr. 7: 274 (1838).

Densely caespitose, densely pubescent perennial up to 7 cm, with a shortly creeping branched stock. Basal leaves up to 2-5(-3-5) x 0-4(-0-6)

cm, narrowly spathulate. Leaves strongly ciliate and with long, dense hairs and underlying short, glandular hairs. Flowering stems erect; cauline leaves small, linear-lanceolate. Capitula solitary, 1-1-3 cm wide; involucral bracts lilac distally; florets dimorphic; ligules 0-6-0-8 mm wide, lilac. 2« =18. Screes, mostly above 3000 m. • S. Spain (Sierra Nevada). Hs.

A very distinct species; records from the Pyrenees probably refer to 14.