Senecio rivularis, (Waldst. & Kit.) 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 : 200

37. S. rivularis (Waldst. & Kit.) DC. , Prodr. 6: 359 (1838).

Perennial 20-80 cm. Stock erect, short. Stems subglabrous to arachnoid-tomentose and glabrescent. Basal and lower cauline leaves 5-15x2-6 cm, more or less erect, ovate, more or less cordate at base with winged petiole 1-2 times as long as lamina, strongly dentate or crenate-dentate, more or less fioccose on both surfaces but glabrescent; middle and upper cauline ovate to linear-lanceolate, sessile, subamplexicaul. Capitula 5-15, 25- 35(-40) mm in diameter, in a lax corymb; peduncles several times as long as involucre. Involucre 8-12 mm, glandular-hairy and sparsely arachnoid-tomentose or subglabrous, green, rarely purplish. Ligules 15-21, 10-12(-20) mm, yellow to orange. Achenes 3-4 mm. Damp places in the mountains. • C. Europe, westwards to c. 10° 30' E. in C. Germany. Au Cz Ge Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).