Centaurea graeca, Griseb.

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 : 266

40. C. graeca Griseb. , Spicil. FI. Rumel. 2: 242 (1846)

(C. guicciardii sensu Halácsy , non Boiss.).

Stems 50-180 cm, paniculately branched. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, pinnate, rarely undivided, arachnoid-tomentose, glabrescent; segments oblong to obovate, acute, entire, rarely dentate. Involucre 18-20 mm, ovoid; bracts glabrous; appendages narrowly semilunate, strawyellow, shortly fimbriate-dentate, the apical spine 3-20 mm, patent, yellowish. Florets pinkish-purple, the outer as long as the inner. Achenes puberulent, about half as long as pappus. 2/7 = 20. Rocky places on mountains. • N. & C. Greece, Albania. Al Gr.