Lasiopogon muscoides, (Desf.) DC.

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 : 131

1. L. muscoides (Desf.) DC. , Prodr. 6: 246 (1838).

Whitishtomentose, pulvinate herb. Lateral stems 5-12 cm, slender. Cauline leaves 1-3 x 0-4-0-7 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, remote; leaves subtending clusters of capitula 3-7 x 1-2 mm, oblongspathulate. Inner involucral bracts c. 2-2 x 0- 5 mm, lanate on the back, with scarious margin, glabrous and rounded at the apex, pale brown, shining in fruit. Female florets more than 10, the hermaphrodite 3-4. Achenes 0-5 x 0-15 mm, oblongobovoid, brown, minutely papillose. Dry, sandy places. C. & S.E. Spain. Hs. (N. Africa, S. W. Asia.)