Pulicaria vulgaris, Gaertner

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 : 137

3. P. vulgaris Gaertner , Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 461 (1791)

( P. prostrata Ascherson ).

Annual, more or less hairy, often with glandular hairs. Stems 7-30(-45) cm, greenish or brownish, pubescent; branches erecto-patent, overtopping the main stem. Basal leaves oblanceolate, petiolate, withered at anthesis; middle and upper leaves lanceolate to elliptical, gradually narrowed to the semiamplexicaul but not auriculate base, soft and usually undulate. Capitula usually numerous, 0-8-1 cm in diameter, hemispherical; peduncles up to c. 1 -5 cm, scarcely thickened after anthesis, usually with several bracts. Involucral bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, villous and glandular, the inner with setaceous apex. Ligules about equalling the involucre, erect. Pappus of scales, connate for at least | their length, surrounding 8-10 hairs. Achene c. 1 -5 mm, with sparse, appressed hairs. 2n = 18. Seasonally wet places. Most of Europe, from S. England, S. Sweden and C. Russia southwards. Al Au Be Br Bu?Cr Cz fDa Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K, E) Sa Si Su Tu.