Centaurea salonitana, Vis.

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 : 264

12. C. salonitana Vis. , Flora (Regensb.) 12 (Ergänz. 1): 23 (1829)

(C. collina sensu Sibth. & Sm. , non L.).

Stems up to 100 cm, sparingly branched. Lower leaves 1 - to 2-pinnatisect; middle cauline pinnatifid, with obovate to lanceolate, mucronulate segments; rhachis winged. Involucral bracts broadly ovate; appendages pale yellow, with anapical spine c. 3 mm (up to 40 mm in var. macracantha DC. ). Florets brightyellow, rarely purple, the outer slightly longer than the inner. Achenes c. 5 mm, pubescent; pappus 7-9 mm, reddish. 2n = 20,40. Stony places and grassland. S.E. & E. C. Europe. Al Bu?Cr Gr Hu Ju Rm Rs (K).