Cephalaria radiata, Griseb. & Schenk

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 : 57

3. C. radiata Griseb. & Schenk , Arch. Naturgesch. (Berlin) 18 (1): 351 (1852).

Perennial herb 60-120 cm. Leaves 12-40x 4-10 cm, lyrate or more regularly pinnatisect, with up to 7 pairs of ovate-lanceolate lateral lobes and a larger lanceolate terminal lobe, the lobes dentate or serrate and pubescent; cauline leaves often linear, glabrous or ciliate, long-petiolate. Involucral bracts 4-7 x 3-5 mm, ovate, obtuse, puberulent or appressed-pubescent. Receptacular scales 7-9 x 3-4 mm, obovate-lanceolate to spathulate, acute or subacute. Corolla 12-17 mm, yellow. Involucel c. 5 mm in fruit, with distinct ribs, constricted at apex, with minute, straight teeth, without a distinct collar or aristae. Dry pastures. • Mountains of Romania. Rm.