Urospermum picroides

Erect, hispid, c. glaucous annual to c. 50 cm high; stem simple or few-branched. Basal leaves petiolate, oblanceolate in outline, 3–16 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, obtuse, tapered at base, margins dentate to pinnatisect, sometimes lyrate; cauline leaves sessile, elliptic to linear, 3–14 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, acute, base auriculate, margins entire to pinnatisect. Capitula 1–9, 1–4 cm diam.; peduncles thickened below capitula; involucral bracts 13–22 mm long, hispid. Ligules c. 15 mm long, exceeding involucre, pale yellow. Cypselas 10–15 mm long, beak usually longer than body, puberulent, tuberculate below, brown; pappus 8–12 mm long, white. Flowers mostly Aug.–Dec.