Jurinea mollis, (L.) Reichenb.

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 : 219

10. J. mollis (L.) Reichenb. , FI. Germ. Excurs. 290 (1831).

Stems 30-70 cm, leafy at least at base. Basal leaves variably pinnatifid; segments lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate, with revolute or undulate margin, usually grey; cauline leaves pinnatifid, or entire and linear to linear-lanceolate, setose. Capitula 2-5 x (2-)3 -5-4-5(-6) cm, globose or hemispherical. Involucral bracts lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, recurved and purple distally, the inner much longer than the outer, scabrid. Achenes 3-5 mm, glabrous; corona conspicuous; pappus as long as achene. 2« = 30, 34, 35, 36. E.C. & S.E. Europe, extending westwards to Italy. Al Au Bu Cz Gr Hu It Ju Rm Tu.

1 Stems much-branched, leafy throughout; inflorescence with

5 or more capitula (b) subsp. moschata 1 Stems simple, leafy in basal half; inflorescence with 1-3 capitula

2 Achenes obscurely tuberculate, sometimes ribbed; leaves densely greyish-pubescent above (d) subsp. anatolica 2 Achenes longitudinally rugose; leaves rather pubescent and greenish above

3 Leaves and involucral bracts glabrous (c) subsp. transylvanica 3 Leaves and involucral bracts with arachnoid indumentum

(a) subsp. mollis