Centaurea decipiens, Thuill.

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 : 291

179. C. decipiens Thuill. , FI. Paris ed. 2,445 (1800).

Perennial. Stems 30-60 cm, erect or ascending from the base, simple or corymbosely branched, with 5-6 leaves. Leaves green or greyishtomentose; lower elliptical or oblanceolate, entire, dentate or lyrately lobed, long-petiolate; upper narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, acute. Capitula solitary, sessile. Involucre 12-14 x 10-12 mm, ovoid or subglobose; appendages ovate-lanceolate, erect, covering the ovate, 3- to 5-veined bracts, pectinate-fimbriate, pale brown, the fimbriae up to 2 mm, 9-10 on each side. Florets purple, the outer not distinctly radiate. Achenes c. 3 mm; pappus absent. Pastures. 9 W. Europe, from Norway to S. France. Be Da Ga Ge Ho?It No.