Carlina lanata, L.

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 : 211

12. C. lanata L. , Sp. Pl. 828 (1753).

Annual; stem 5-40 cm, simple or sympodially branched. Leaves up to 7-5 x 2-5 cm, oblong, pinnatifid, spinose-undulate, persistently tomentose beneath, more or less glabrescent above. Capitula up to 40 mm in diameter, but often much smaller. Outer involucral bracts 25-40 x 15-20 mm, exceeding the inner; inner bracts c. 12 x 1 -5 mm, reddish-purple on both surfaces. Florets purplish-pink. Achenes 3 mm; pappus 12-15 mm. 2n = 20. Mediterranean region, S. Bulgaria. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Sa Si Tu.