Scabiosa sicula, L.

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 : 71

20. S. sicula L. , Mantissa Alt. 196 (1771).

Shortly pubescent annual, with some long, erect hairs. Stem (10-)20-40 cm, branched. Lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, spathulate, entire or slightly dentate; upper leaves lyrate-pinnatisect, with narrowly lanceolate or linear segments. Capitula 10-15 mm in diameter, ellipsoid or globose-ellipsoid in fruit. Involucral bracts 18-24 (-28) mm, narrowly lanceolate, about twice as long as florets. Involucel-tube 2-5-3-8 mm; pits 1 -2-1-6 mm, glabrous; corona (l-6-)2-2-5(-2-7) mm, shorter than tube, square in outline, with (20-)23-25 veins, distinctly excurrent for c. 1-1-5 mm. Calyx-setae 2-4 times as long as corona. Corolla of marginal florets 6-8 mm, slightly longer than that of the central, reddish. Dry, stony places. Mediterranean region and Macedonia. Bu Cr Gr Hs Ju Si Tu.