Scabiosa ochroleuca, L.

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 : 73

40. S. ochroleuca L. , Sp. Pl. 101 (1753).

Stem pubescent. Leaves of non-flowering rosettes obovate-lanceolate, crenate; lower cauline leaves entire or lyrate; upper cauline leaves lyrate or 1 -pinnatisect, pubescent. Involucral bracts shorter than florets. Calyx-setae 2-3 times as long as corona. Corolla distinctly longer in marginal than central florets. 2« =16. Dry meadows and stony places. S.E. & E.C. Europe, extending westwards to Italy and northwards to Latvia. Al Au Bu Cz Ge Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, E) Tu [Ga].

Subsp. danubialis Velen. , FI. Bulg. 243 (1891), and subsp. rhodopea Velen. , Sitz.-Ber. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. 29: 16 (1894), are intermediate between 40 and 43. They are very polymorphic and occur particularly often in regions where the species are in contact.