Cephalaria ambrosioides, (Sibth. & Sm.) 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

10. C. ambrosioides (Sibth. & Sm.) Roemer & Schultes , Syst. Veg. 3: 45 (1818).

Robust perennial herb up to 150 cm. Leaves 15-32(-40) x 5-11 (-15) cm, pinnatisect or lyrate, with ovatelanceolate or ovate, crenate-dentate or doubly dentate lobes, more or less pubescent or sericeous. Involucral bracts 4-9 x 3-4 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse. Receptacular scales 12-15 x 2-5-4 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, with short terminal spine. Corolla c. 12 mm, yellow. Involucel 8-10 mm in fruit, 8-angled, with 4 setae 0.2—0.5 as long as tube and 4 very short intermediate teeth. Rocky and bushy places. • C. & N. Greece, S. Jugoslavia, S. Albania. Al Gr Ju.