Carduus tmoleus, Boiss.

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 : 224

14. C. tmoleus Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1(4): 21 (1844).

Stem-wings palmate. Leaves glabrescent above, glabrous except for multicellular hairs on the veins beneath (but the rhachis more densely arachnoid-hairy). Capitula subglobose to broadly campanulate; outer involucral bracts 1-1-5 mm wide, subulate, the middle 1 - 5-2 mm wide, lanceolate; outer and middle bracts contracted at the middle and 0-5-1 mm wide, with mid-vein raised throughout its length; inner bracts 3-veined, but 1 -veined in the acuminate apical part. Corolla 15-17 mm. Achenes 4-5 mm, swollen, smooth. S. half of Balkan peninsula. Al Bu Gr Ju.