Scabiosa micrantha, Desf.

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19. S. micrantha Desf. , Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 11: 168 (1808).

Shortly hirsute annual, with some long, erect hairs. Stem 20-60 cm, erect, branched. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, entire; upper leaves lyrate, pinnatisect, with linear-lanceolate segments. Capitula 20-30 mm in diameter, oblong-ovoid in fruit. Involucral bracts (10—) 12—15(—20) mm, lanceolate, longer than florets. Involucel-tube 3-4 mm; pits 1-1-7 mm; corona (l-7-)2-3mm, shorter than tube, circular in outline, with (20-)27-30(-33) very slightly excurrent veins. Calyx-setae 2-3 times as long as corona. Corolla of marginal florets 8-5-12 mm, slightly longer than that of the central, reddish. C. part ofBalkan peninsula-, Krym. Bu Ju Rs (К,?E).