Centaurea aegialophila, Wagenitz

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 : 269

58. C. aegialophila Wagenitz , Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 33: 230 (1974)

( Aegialophila eretica Boiss. & Heldr. , C. eretica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman , non (L.) Sprengel).

Stem very short, simple or branched. Leaves arachnoid-canescent, undivided and cordateovate, or lyrate. Capitula solitary or in pairs. Involucre c. 20 mm in diameter, ovoid; bracts broadly ovate, with an indistinctly denticulate hyaline margin; apical spine 1-3 mm. Florets purple, the outer slightly longer than the inner. Achenes 3-4 mm; pappus 3 times as long as achene, reddish, the outer hairs plumose, the innermost row consisting of entire, smooth, subulate setae. 2л = 22. Maritime sands. E. Kriti, Karpathos. Cr.