Centaurea rocheliana, (Heuffel) Dostal

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 : 290

174. C. rocheliana (Heuffel) Dostál , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 71: 205 (1976)

( C. jacea var. rocheliana Heuffel , C. jacea subsp. banatica Hayek ).

Perennial. Stems 60-100(-150) cm, caespitose, erect or ascending, sparingly branched at the middle, the branches long, erect. Leaves scabrid, greyish-arachnoid-tomentose, sometimes green; basal ovate-lanceolate, entire, denticulate or with a few lobes, acute; cauline broadly lanceolate, rounded or subcordate at the base. Capitula solitary. Involucre 13(-16)x 11—12(—15) mm, ovoid-globose; appendages 5-6 mm wide, covering the distinctly veined bracts, orbicular, scarious, convex, greyish-brown, denticulate, the central vein produced into a very short mucro. Florets pinkish-orange, the outer radiate. Achenes c. 3 mm, pale greyish-brown; pappus absent. Sandy hills, meadows, open forests. • From S. Hungary to N. Bulgaria. Bu Hu Ju Rm.