Centaurea hyalolepis, Boiss.

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 : 282

146. C. hyalolepis Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1(6): 133 (1846)

( C. pallescens auct. eur., non Delile).

Stem 20-40 cm long, divaricately branched from the base. Basal leaves in a rosette, pinnatisect to lyrate, the segments narrow, crenate-dentate; upper broadly linear, dentate, not decurrent. Capitula solitary, shortly pedunculate. Involucre c. 15 mm in diameter, subglobose; bracts coriaceous, veinless, with wide scarious, entire margin, with apical spine simple or with 2-3 short basal spines. Florets yellow. Achenes c. 3 mm; pappus about as long as achene. Waste places. S.E. Greece, Kriti. Cr Gr. (S. W. Asia.)