Pieris hispidissima, (Bartl.) Koch

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 : 317

7. P. hispidissima (Bartl.) Koch , Syn. FI. Germ. ed. 2, 484 (1844).

Biennial. Stems 30-40 cm, with numerous unequal, rigid hairs. Leaves with numerous unequal hairs; basal 40-95 x 15-30 mm, narrowly elliptical to lanceolate in outline, pinnatisect with linear to narrowly triangular lobes, subpetiolate; cauline similar but smaller. Capitula numerous; peduncles thickened above but constricted immediately below apex. Involucre 11-15 x 10-12 mm; bracts lanceolate, acute, strongly pectinate-ciliate and with rigid hairs on the median line; outer bracts up to I as long as inner. Achenes 5-6 mm, dark brown, strongly transversely muricate, slightly narrowed at apex. • W. Jugoslavia, just extending to N.E. Italy.?Gr It Ju.