Centaurea janeri, Graells

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 : 296

196. C. janeri Graells , Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Madrid 2: 466 (1859).

Perennial. Stems 5-10 cm, numerous, ascending, simple. Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, acute, greyish-white-lanate, the lower attenuate into a petiole. Capitula sessile, usually solitary, subtended by the uppermost leaves. Involucre 15 xc. 12 mm, ovoid-oblong; bracts conspicuously veined, tomentose; appendages short, linear, reddish-brown, somewhat recurved, pectinate-fimbriate, the fimbriae puberulent, with pale apex. Florets pink-violet, the outer slightly radiate. Achenes c. 5 mm, shining; pappus 2 mm, reddish. • Mountains of W.C. Spain (Sierra de Ávila). Hs.

C. emigrantis Bubani , Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. 5: 318 (1873), described from an unidentifiable locality in Spain, is like 196 but has narrower leaves and blackish appendages. Its status requires investigation.