Cephalaria transylvanica, (L.) Roemer & Schultes

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

8. C. transylvanica (L.) Roemer & Schultes , loc. cit. (1818).

Annual up to 120 cm. Leaves 5-12 x 1-5 cm, lyrate or pinnatisect, with elliptic- to linear-lanceolate or linear lobes, entire or serrate-dentate or irregularly lobed, more or less pubescent. Involucral bracts 5-8 x 2-3 mm, lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Receptacular scales 7-10 x 2-5-4 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, with short spine and purple vein at apex, long-ciliate. Corolla 10-12 mm, blue or yellow. Involucel 5-6 mm in fruit, 8-angled, with 8 equal setae about 0.5 as long as tube. 2« =18. S.E. Europe, extending westwards to Sicilia and S. France, and northwards to S. Czechoslovakia. Al Bu Cz Ga Gr Hu It Ju Rm Rs (W, K, E) Si Tu [Au].