Cephalaria pastricensis, Dorfler

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 : 58

12. C. pastricensis Dörfler & Hayek, Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 70: 19 (1921).

Robust perennial herb up to 200 cm. Leaves 18-30 x 8-15 cm, pinnatisect, glabrous or ciliate, with 4-7 pairs of lanceolate or oblong, serrate-dentate lobes, the upper lobes decurrent on the midrib. Involucral bracts 5-7 x 4-5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, purplish-black at apex. Receptacular scales 6-8 x 3-4 mm, spathulate, acuminate, ciliate, glabrous or appressed-pubescent, purplish-black at apex. Corolla c. 14 mm, yellow. Involucel c. 8 mm in fruit, 8-angled, with 4 setae 0.5 as long as tube and 4 shorter intermediate setae. Mountain pastures. • C. Jugoslavia, Albania. Al Ju.