Jurinea humilis, (Desf.) 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 : 220

15. J. humilis (Desf.) DC. , op. cit. ET1 (1838)

( J. monardii (Dufour) DC. ).

Rhizome thick, often producing non-flowering leafy shoots. Acaulescent or stems up to 4 cm and bearing 2-7 pinnatifid leaves. Leaves (l-5-)2-3-5(-4) cm, entire and oblong-obovate, or pinnatifid, long-petiolate, with arachnoid pubescence, the segments short, linear-lanceolate or oblong, with revolute margin. Capitula 2-2-5 cm, obconical. Involucral bracts linearlanceolate, straight and patent or recurved, subglabrous or arachnoid-tomentose, green, herbaceous. Achenes 3-7 mm, ribbed, hairy, brown; corona inconspicuous; pappus 5-7 times as long as achene. 2n = 34. Dry, rocky places in mountains. S. W. Europe, Sicilia. Ga Hs Lu Si.