Scabiosa canescens, Waldst. & Kit.

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 : 72

27. S. canescens Waldst. & Kit. , Pl. Rar. Hung. 1. 53 (1801)

( S. suaveolens Desf. ex DC. ).

Perennial. Stem 15-60 cm, bran­ ched, shortly pubescent,leafy. Leaves of non-flowering rosettes and lower cauline leaves lanceolate, entire, acute; upper cauline leaves pinnatifid or pinnatisect,the segments linear or linearlanceolate. Capitula 15-25 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts 4-6 mm, ovate-lanceolate, as long as florets. Involucel-tube 2.1-2.2 mm; corona 0.4- mm. Calyx-setae 1.4-1.6 mm, 2-2.5 times as long as corona. Corolla of marginal florets 10-15 mm, about twice as long as the central, blue or lilac. In — 16. C. & W. Europe, extending northwards to S. Sweden and southwards to C. Jugoslavia. Au Be Cz Da Ga Ge He HuJuPo?Rm Su