Cephalaria flava, (Sibth. & Sm.) Szabo

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

11. C. flava (Sibth. & Sm.) Szabó , Magyar Bot. Lapok 2A‘. 6 (1926).

Perennial herb up to 90 cm, somewhat woody at base; stems pubescent, sericeous or glabrous. Leaves 7-16x2-5 cm, lyrate or pinnatisect, with ovate, elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, serrate-dentate lobes, more or less pubescent or sericeous. Involucral bracts 3-5 x 2-2-5 mm, ovate, obtuse. Receptacular scales 8-11 x 1-5-2-5 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Corolla c. 12 mm, yellow. Involucel 6-8 mm in fruit, 8-angled, with 4 teeth c. 1 mm and 4 shorter, intermediate teeth. • C. part of Balkan peninsula. Bu Gr Ju.

C. setulifera Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss., FI. Or. 3: 124 (1875), from E. Greece, which differs from 11 in its setose leaves and stems, lyrate leaves with small linear lateral lobes, and larger setae or teeth on the involucel, may be specifically distinct.