Knautia albanica, Briq.

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25. K. albanica Briq. , Annu. Cons. Jard. Bot. Genève 6: 125 (1902).

Perennial; stock sympodial, rather caespitose, with leafrosettes and flowering stems. Stem up to 50 cm; lower internodes rather short, whitish-tomentose and pubescent; peduncles eglandular. Leaves mostly basal, subcoriaceous, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, entire or subserrate, with revolute margin, longgreyish-tomentose beneath, glabrescent and shining above; lower cauline undivided; upper cauline usually sublyrate with 1-4 lateral lobes in lower third, terminal lobe about as long as divided part, sessile. Capitula 3-3-5 cm in diameter. Calyx subpatelliform, (8-)10- to 12(-14)-awned. Corolla pink to light purplish. 2л = 20. Stony mountain slopes. • 5*. W. Jugoslavia, N. Albania. Al Ju.