Centaurea orientalis, L.

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 : 265

25. C. orientalis L. , Sp. Pl. 913 (1753).

Stems 80-120 cm, sparingly branched. Leaves glabrescent, scabrid; basal undivided; lower cauline pinnatisect, with narrowly oblong to linear, entire to lobed segments. Involucre 20-25 mm in diameter, globose; bracts broadly ovate, glabrous; appendages ovate, with a brown central spot, mucronate at apex; marginal florets patent; fimbriae 1-3 mm. Florets cream, the outer longer than the inner, radiate. Achenes 4-5 mm, appressed-hairy, black; pappus 4-5 mm. 2n = 20. Dry pastures. S.E. Europe. Bu Ju RmRs (W, K, E).