Achillea leptophylla, Bieb.

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 : 164

40. A. leptophylla Bieb. , FI. Taur.-Cauc. 2: 335 (1808).

Pubescent to lanate, somewhat caespitose. Stems up to 25 cm, simple or branched from a woody stock, erect or ascending. Leaves pinnatisect, plane; basal up to 5 cm, petiolate, the lobes 3-fid; upper cauline sessile, with simple lobes. Corymbs with 3-15 capitula; peduncles 2-10 mm. Involucre 4-5 mm in diameter; bracts c. 2-5 mm, with a pale scarious margin. Ligules c. 1-5 mm, yellow. Dry places. S.E. Europe, from N.E. Bulgaria to W. Kazakhstan, and extending northwards to c. 53° N. in S.E. Russia. Bu Rm Rs (W, K, E).