Senecio abrotanifolius, 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 : 203

53. S. abrotanìfolius L. , Sp. Pl. 869 (1753).

Perennial (10—)15— 30 cm, with thin, branched rhizome and erect, leafy stems subglabrous or sparsely fioccose in upper part. Basal and lower cauline leaves subglabrous, 2- to 3-pinnatisect, with linear ultimate segments and narrow rhachis; upper cauline 1-pinnatisect with linear segments, or small, simple and bract-like. Capitula few or solitary, very showy, up to 40 mm in diameter. Involucre 6-7 mm; bracts ovate-lanceolate; supplementary bracts few, linear-lanceolate, up to half as long as bracts. Ligules c. 13, 10-15 mm, lanceolate, yellow to orange-red with brownish stripes. Achenes (2-5-)3-4mm, glabrous, with prominent ribs. Rocky mountain slopes. • C. & E. AIps; Carpathians; mountains of Balkan peninsula. Al Au Bu Cz Ge He It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).