Achillea coarctata, 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 : 165

48. A. coarctata Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 1: 94 (1810).

Sericeous-tomentose. Stems 25-70 cm, erect, usually simple. Leaves pinnatisect; basal up to 30 cm, petiolate, the lobes 1 - to 2-pinnatifid; middle cauline up to 8 cm, plane, with 1 -pinnatifid lobes and usually dentate rhachis; upper cauline with simple, lanceolate lobes. Corymbs with many capitula; peduncles 2-4 mm, densely brown-villous. Involucre 3-4 mm in diameter; bracts 1-2 mm, brown-tomentose to villous. Ligules 0-5-1 mm, yellow. 2л = 18, 36. Dry hillsides and sandy soils. S.E. Europe, eastwards to S. W. Ukraine. Al Bu Gr Ju Rm Rs (W) Tu.