Leucanthemopsis alpina, (L.) Heywood

1. L. alpina (L.) Heywood View in CoL , Anal. Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 32(2): 182 (1975)

( Chrysanthemum alpinum L. , Pyrethrum alpinum (L.) Schrank , Tanacetum alpinum (L.) Schultz Bip. ).

Caespitose, more or less hairy to subglabrous. Stems 3-15 cm, ascending, usually more or less leafless. Basal leaves ovate to spathulate, crenate to pinnatifid or palmatifid, grey-tomentose to greenish-subglabrous. Capitula 2-4 cm in diameter, solitary. Ligules white, sometimes becoming pink at least after anthesis. Pappus a corona. • Mountains of Europe, from the Carpathians southwards to N.C. Spain, C. Appennini, and C. Jugoslavia. Au Co Cz Ga Ge He Hs It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).

Highly variable in leaf-shape, indumentum, flower-colour and chromosome number. The following can be recognized as subspecies; other small-scale variants occur, often with a distinctive chromosome number, particularly in subsp. (a).

1 Leavesspathulate,with 5 crenationsattheapex (c) subsp. cuneata

1 Leaves ovate, pinnatifid to palmatifid, with 5-7 lobes

2 Extremely dwarf; leaves palmatifid with the lobes very closely approximate (b) subsp. tomentosa

2 Caespitose; leavespinnatifid,thelobes± separate (a) subsp. alpina