Cephalorrhynchus tuberosus, (Steven) Schchian

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 : 328

1. C. tuberosus (Steven) Schchian , Not. Syst. Inst. Bot. Thbiliss. 23: 99 (1963)

( C. glandulosus Boiss. , Mycelis glandulosa (Boiss.) Hayek, M. hispida (DC.) Hayek ).

Stem up to 1 m, glandular-hairy. Leaves 3-13 x 1-8 cm, glabrous, ovate to elliptical in outline, pinnatifid or the upper dentate or entire, the lobes dentate; lower leaves with winged petioles, the upper sessile. Involucre 10-13 mm, cylindrical; bracts linear-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous or with a few glandular hairs. Achenes 6-8 mm, 5- to 15-ribbed, the pale beak as long as the blackish-brown body. Rocky, mountain woods. C. part of Balkan peninsula, S.W. Romania', Krym. Al Bu Gr Ju Rm Rs(K). (S.W. Asia.)