Centaurea lagascae, Nyman

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 : 280

130. C. lagascae Nyman , Syll. 33 (1854-1855)

( C. incana Lag. , non Ten.).

Perennial 10-20 cm. Stems erect, branched at about the middle. Leaves arachnoid-tomentose, sometimes glabrescent; lower lyrate, with oblong segments; middle cauline pinnatifid, with linear segments. Capitula solitary. Involucre 12-15x7-9 mm, ovoid-oblong; appendages with a recurved apical spine 5 mm, the lower fimbriae confluent with the hyaline margin. Florets pale pink. Pappus about as long as achene. Rockcrevices and screes. • S.E. Spain. Hs.