Cephalaria uralensis, (Murray) Roemer & Schultes

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

6. C. uralensis (Murray) Roemer & Schultes , Syst. Veg. 3: 50 (1818)

(incl. C. demetrii Bobrov ).

Perennial herb up to 100 cm. Basal leaves 10-21 x 3-5 cm, lyrate or pinnatisect, with 2 to 4 pairs of oblong or oblanceolate lateral lobes and a larger terminal lobe, entire or very weakly lobed, pubescent, long-petiolate; cauline leaves pinnatisect, the lobes oblong-linear. Involucral bracts 3 -5-9 x 3-5 mm, ovate, obtuse, puberulent or appressed-pubescent. Receptacular scales 8-12 x 2-5-4 mm, lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Corolla 8-14 mm, yellow. Involucel c. 5 mm in fruit, 4-angled, with 4 teeth up to) as long as tube and 4 very short intermediate teeth. 2n — 18. Dry places. S.E. Europe, extending northwards to c. 54° N. in C. Russia. Bu?Gr Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E).