Cynara humilis, L.

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 : 248

1. C. humilis L. , Sp. Pl. 828 (1753)

( Bourgaea humilis (L.) Cosson ).

Stems 15-80 cm, usually white-tomentose. Leaves lanceolate in outline, glabrous above, white-tomentose beneath; lower leaves up to 40 x 15 cm, 2-pinnatisect, shortly petiolate, the middle and upper smaller and sessile, the uppermost pinnatisect. Involucre 30-60 x 20-45 mm, the bracts purplish, becoming brownish. Corolla purplish-blue, sometimes white. Achenes 6-8 x 4-6 mm, dull, pale brown; pappus 20-35 mm. 2л = 34. Dry, waste places. C. & S. parts of Iberian peninsula. Hs Lu.