Jurinea kirghisorum, Janisch.

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 : 219

7. J. kirghisorum Janisch. , Trudy Obšč. Estestv. Imp. Kazansk. Univ. 40(1): 5 (1905).

Stems 10-25 cm, woody at base, with sublinear leaves towards the base; non-flowering rosettes present. Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate to spathulate, acuminate, entire, with revolute margin, densely arachnoid-tomentose. Capitula 1-3, 11-13 x 10—12(—14) mm, hemispherical. Involucral bracts unequal, oblong-lanceolate, straight and appressed, the outer subobtuse, herbaceous, the inner longer, acuminate, scabrid. Achenes 4-5 mm, ribbed and distinctly tuberculate; corona inconspicuous; pappus slightly longer than achene. Limestone hills. W. Kazakhstan (W. of Ural'sk). Rs (E). (N.W. Kazakhstan.)