Valerianella vesicaria (L.) Moench

Οικογένεια: Valerianaceae

Valerianella vesicaria (L.) Moench

Plant 5–15 cm tall, often several-stemmed, each stem with 1 or 2 dichotomies, retrorse-puberulent in lower part. Basal leaves spathulate, subentire, often retained in fruiting individuals. Lower cauline leaves oblanceolate, ± dentate; upper cauline leaves often divided into linear-oblong lobes. Flowers in dense, spherical, terminal capitula. Inner bracts ± scarious, ciliate. Fruiting calyx soon inflated to become a vesicle-like, hollow sphere c. 5 mm in diam., with 6 small teeth inflexed around an apical opening; outer surface reticulate-veined and often purplish.

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Valerianella vesicaria 

Valerianella vesicaria 

Valerianella vesicaria