Lamyropsis microcephala, (Moris) Dittrich & W. Greuter

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 : 244

2. L. microcephala (Moris) Dittrich & W. Greuter , Exsicc. Genav. 3: 47 (1972)

( Cirsium microcephalum Moris ).

Perennial 20-50 cm. Stem white-arachnoid-lanate. Leaves broadly oblonglanceolate, pinnatifid, lanate on the veins and sparsely arachnoidhairy above, white-tomentose beneath; segments deeply 2- to 3-lobed, the lobes narrowly triangular, with stout spines 7-12 mm. Capitula solitary or few in terminal racemose clusters, surrounded and exceeded by the upper leaves. Involucre 14-18 x 12- 15 mm; bracts with a short, erecto-patent apex bearing a stout spine 2-6 mm. Corolla 15-17 mm, whitish. Achenes 4-5-5-5 mm; pappus c. 12 mm. Stony slopes. • Sardegna. Sa.