Scabiosa silenifolia, Waldst. & Kit.

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

25. S. silenifolia Waldst. & Kit. , Pl. Rar. Hung. 2: 170 (1803- 1804).

Perennial. Stem 3—10(— 15) cm, simpleor branched towards base, shortly pubescent, leafy towards base. Leaves of nonflowering rosettes and lower cauline leaves spathulate, obtuse to subacute, entire, ciliate, otherwise glabrous; upper cauline leaves lyrate, with lanceolate- to elliptic-lanceolate segments, the terminal distinctly wider than the lateral. Capitula 15-25 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts 6-10 mm, ovate-lanceolate, as long as or shorter than florets. Involucel-tube c. 3 mm; corona c. 0-7 mm. Calyx-setae 2-3 times as long as corona. Corolla of marginal florets c. 9-12 mm, distinctly longer than that of the central, lilac-blue. Rocky mountain pastures. • C. Appennini and N. W. part of Balkan peninsula. Al It Ju.