Leuzea centauroides, (L.) J. Holub

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 : 252

1. L. centauroides (L.) J. Holub , Folia Geobot. Phytotax. (Praha) 8: 391 (1973)

( Cnicus centauroides L. ).

Stem up to 100 cm, arachnoid-tomentose. Basal leaves 30 x 20 cm, pinnatisect, with lanceolate, acute, serrate-dentate segments, petiolate; cauline leaves smaller, pinnatifid or incise-dentate, sessile, the uppermost surrounding the capitulum; all leaves green above, whitetomentose beneath. Involucre up to 5 cm in diameter, globose; bracts narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, lacerate, with brown margin, the appendage absent. Corolla purple. Achenes 8-10 mm, dark brown; pappus barbellate, brownish, 4 times as long as achene. 2/z = 26. Mountain rocks and pastures. • Pyrenees. Ga Hs.