Athamanta cretensis, L.

4. A. cretensis L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 245 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

Erect, pubescent perennial up to 60 cm. Leaves 3- to 5-pinnate; lobes 3-7 mm, linear or linear-oblong. Rays 5 -15(—36), pubescent, with flexuous or crispate hairs at least as long as the diameter of the ray. Bracts 0-5, sometimes pinnatisect; bracteoles several, gradually narrowed at apex. Each half of stylopodium about as long as wide; styles erecto-patent. Fruit 6-8 mm, oblong-ovoid, densely puberulent. 2n = 22. Rocky places, mainly in the mountains. • From S.E. Spain and E. France to C. Jugoslavia. Al Au Ga Ge He Hs It Ju. Plants which are usually taller and have more numerous rays (15-36) than the typical plant occur in S. Spain, Italy, S.E. Austria, Jugoslavia and Albania. They have been called A. hispanica Degen & Hervier , Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. (Le Mans) 17: 41 (1907) and A. vestina A. Kerner , Sched. FI. Exsicc. Austro-Hung. 4: 37 (1886). They seem to be intermediate between 3(b) and 4, differing from the former mainly in having longer hairs on the rays.