Centaurea stenolepis, A. Kerner

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 : 294-295

189. C. stenolepis A. Kerner , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 22: 45 (1872)

( C. сirrhatа Reichenb. pro parte).

Perennial. Stems up to 100 cm, corymbosely branched above, densely leafy. Leaves tomentose, undivided, ovate to lanceolate; lower petiolate, denticulate, acuminate; upper and middle cuneate, rounded or cordate at base, or semiamplexicaul. Capitula solitary or in clusters at apices of branches. Involucre 15-18 x 9-14 mm, oblongovoid or ovoid-cylindrical; appendages not completely covering bracts, the inner orbicular, brown, not exserted; middle appendages lanceolate, attenuate into a subulate-filiform, arcuaterecurved, pectinate-fimbriate acumen 8-10 mm, the fimbriae as long as or longer than the width of the appendage, black at the base, pale at apex. Florets pinkish-orange, the outer radiate. Achenes c. 3-5 mm; pappus up to 0-5 mm. Grassland and scrub. • From Czechoslovakia and W. Ukraine southwards to C. Italy and N. Greece. Au Bu Cz Gr Hu It Ju Rm Rs(w). 1 Leaves sparsely arachnoid-tomentose, the middle leaves cuneate or rounded at the base, not semiamplexicaul (a) subsp. stenolepis

1 Leaves green above, sparsely arachnoid or arachnoid-lanate beneath, the middle leaves semiamplexicaul

2

Capitula solitary; appendages blackish-brown, shortly pectinate-fimbriate (c) subsp. bosniaca

2

Capitulasolitary or inclusters; appendagesyellowish-brown, long-pectinate-fimbriate (b) subsp. razgradensis