Serratala pinnatifida, (Cav.) 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 : 250-251

3. S. pinnatifida (Cav.) Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 6: 561 (1805).

Stems 7-25(-45) cm, erect, pubescent. Leaves with lateral veins more or less prominent, often fioccose beneath, usually pale green when dry; basal broadly lanceolate, denticulate to deeply pinnatifid, often with a large terminal lobe; cauline pinnatifid, rarely denticulate and broadly elliptical, absent from upper part of stem. Capitula 20-30 mm, more or less cylindrical, solitary or a few together. Outer involucral bracts yellow-green, abruptly contracted into a long, yellow apical spine (rarely almost spineless); inner bracts chartaceous, sometimes with geniculate apex. Florets pinkish-purple. C. &\ S. Spain, W. C. Portugal. Hs Lu.

S. legionensis Lacaita , CavanillesiaV. 37 (1930), recorded from two localities in N.W. Spain and said to be related to 12, appears to be a minor geographic variant of 3.