Centaurea trinervia, Stephan ex Willd.

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 : 297

209. C. trinervia Stephan ex Willd. , Sp. Pl. 3: 2301 (1803).

Plant sparsely floccose-tomentose. Stems up to 30 cm, erect, leafless above. Leaves undivided, up to 70x4 mm, linearlanceolate, distinctly 3-veined, entire, acute, the lower longpetiolate, the upper sessile. Involucre 6-10 x 12-15 mm; bracts pale green, with dark brown apex; middle bracts oblong-ovate. Florets pink, the outer longer than the inner, patent. Achenes 4-6 mm; pappus 2-3 mm. Dry grassland. From C. Romania to S.E. Russia. Rm Rs (W, K, E). C. saxatilis C. Koch , Linnaea 24: 419 (1851) ( Phaeopappus saxatilis (C. Koch) Boiss. ) was described from Kriti but has never been refound; its status is uncertain.