Centaurea cuneifolia, Sibth. & Sm.

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 : 271

78. C. cuneifolia Sibth. & Sm. , FZ. Graec. Prodr. 2: 198 (1813).

Biennial. Stems 30-60 cm, erect. Leaves appressed-grey- tomentose, sometimes glabrescent. Involucre 10-14x 6-8 mm, usually ovoid-oblong; bracts oblong, with prominent veins; appendages shortly triangular, not covering the bracts, brown or blackish, with (4-)5-8(-9) fimbriae on each side. Florets pink, rarely white, the outer radiate. Pappus as long as achene. Maritime sands and other dry, open habitats. S. & E. parts of Balkan peninsula, E. Romania. Al Bu Gr Ju Rm Tu [Ни].

1 Stems simple or branched at base; leaves lyrate, with broadly ovate terminal segment (c) subsp. sublanata

1 Stems branched at middle; leaves lyrate-pinnatifid or bipinnati- sect, with oblong terminal segment

2 Appendages spinose at apex (b) subsp. pallida

2 Appendages not spinose at apex (a) subsp. cuneifolia