Chondrilla chondrilloides

Description
Herb, perennial, 10-35 cm high, glabrous or subglabrous. Flowering stems 1-5. Rosette leaves narrowly obovate, linear or narrowly elliptic, 2.0-7.0 cm long, 0.3-0.9 cm wide, entire or dentate, acute to obtuse, petiole-like attenuate with a winged petiole, glaucous on both surfaces. Cauline leaves few, linear or narrowly obovate or narrowly elliptic, entire or dentate, acute to obtuse, petiole-like attenuate with a winged petiole, glaucous on both surfaces, the upper ones reduced to scales. Synflorescence with many heads. Involucre 8.0-11.0 mm long, at flowering 3.5-5.0 mm in diameter; involucral bracts linear or linear-ovate, obtuse. Corolla ligulate. Achenes 5.0-6.0 mm long; beak slightly shorter than the corpus.
Based on: Sell, P. D. 1976: 174. Chondrilla L. – Pp. 343 in: Tutin, G. & al. (ed.), Flora Europaea 4. – Cambridge.
Based on: Sell, P. D. 1976: 174. Chondrilla L. – Pp. 343 in: Tutin, G. & al. (ed.), Flora Europaea 4. – Cambridge.
Distribution
Europe: Austria nativeE (Austria nativeF, Liechtenstein nativeG); Corse reported in error ‒ reported in error ‒ reported in errorE,H,I,J,K,L,M,N; France native: doubtfully nativeE,I,K; Germany nativeE,O,P,Q; Italy nativeD,E,R,S,T; Romania native: presence questionableE,U,V; Switzerland nativeE,W,X; Yugoslavia (Slovenia nativeY,Z)
Bibliography
A. Anonymous [Association Tela Botanica], Tela Botanica, le réseau de la botanique francophone. Flores en ligne, France métropolitaine
C. Aeschimann, D. & Heitz, C., Index synonymique de la flore de Suisse et territoires limitrophes (ISFS). 1996
H. Coste, H., Flore descriptive et illustree de la France 2. 1902–1903 (as Chondrilla prenanthoides)
I. Fournier, P., Les quatre flores de la France, Corse comprise. 1934–1940 (as Chondrilla prenanthoides)
L. Jeanmonod D. & Schlüssel A., Compléments au Prodrome de la Flore Corse. Asteraceae III. 2012 (as Chondrilla chondrilloides)
R. Conti, F., Abbate, G., Alessandrini, A., Blasi, C. (eds.), An annotated checklist of the Italian vascular flora. 2005
V. Popescu, A. & Sanda, V., Conspectul florei cormofitelor spontane din România in Acta Bot. Horti Bucurest. [suppl.]. 1998