Matricaria caucasica, (Willd.) Poiret

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 : 166

3. M. caucasica (Willd.) Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot.’ Suppl. 3: 604 (1814)

(Г. caucasicum (Willd.) Hayek ).

Perennial. Stems 15-50 cm, simple, subglabrous, erect or ascending from a short fibrous creeping rhizome. Leaves glabrous; lower cauline 4-7 x 1 ’5-2-5 cm, 2-pinnatisect into fairly long acute segments. Capitulum 1(-3), 3-5 cm in diameter; ligules 1 -5-2 cm; involucral bracts narrowly triangular to oblong, with a wide, blackishbrown scarious margin. Achenes c. 2-5x 1 mm; 1-2 slender supernumerary ribs often present; abaxial surface dark brown and smooth or somewhat rugose; resin-glands 2, small, orbicular; pappus 0-3-0-5 mm, pale, membranous, entire or somewhat lobed. Alpine meadows. Mountains of W. & C. Bulgaria and E. Albania. Al Bu?Ju. (Caucasian region.)