Cephalaria alpina, (L.) 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 : 58

13. C. alpina (L.) Roemer & Schultes , Syst. Veg. 3: 43 (1818).

Robust perennial herb up to 200 cm. Leaves 15-42 x 8-18 cm, pinnate or lyrate, pubescent or villous on veins, with 3-8 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, serrate-dentate leaflets, the upper leaflets decurrent, the terminal leaflet often larger than the lateral. Involucral bracts 6-7 x 3-5-4 mm, triangular-lanceolate, acute, sericeous or villous. Receptacular scales 9-12 x 2-3 mm, oblongspathulate, acuminate, sericeous or villous, with terminal spine. Corolla c. 12 mm, yellow. Involucel 9-12 mm in fruit, 8-angled, with 4 setae c. 1-5 mm and 4 intermediate setae c. 1mm. • S.W. & C. Alps, Jura, N. Appennini. Au Ga He It.