Amberboa turanica, Iljin

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 : 253

1. A. turanica Iljin , Bull. Jard. Bot. URSS 30: ПО (1932).

Annual. Stem 20(-50) cm, branched from the base. Basal leaves undivided, rarely lobed, remotely dentate, petiolate; upper pinnately lobed to pinnatisect, dentate, sessile. Capitula sessile in the centre of a basal rosette of leaves, or sessile or shortly pedunculate at the apices of branches. Involucre c. 12 mm wide; appendage lanceolate. Corolla pale yellow, 5- to 10-fid. Achenes 4-5 mm. Gravelly and sandy places. S.E. Russia, W. Kazakhstan. Rs (E). (W. & C. Asia.)

A. moschata (L.) DC. , Prodr. 6: 560 (1838) ( Centaurea moschata L. ), from S.W. Asia, is cultivated for ornament and has been reported as a casual or perhaps naturalized in the Mediterranean region. It is a sparingly branched annual or biennial up to 70 cm and can be distinguished from 1 by the long-pedunculate capitula, the involucre c. 20 mm in diameter, the inner bracts having a broadly ovate appendage, and the pink, multifid corolla. The achenes often lack a pappus.