Scabiosa atropurpurea, L.

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 : 71

23. S. atropurpurea L. , Sp. Pl. 100 (1753)

( S. maritima L. ).

Subglabrous or somewhat hirsute biennial. Stem 20-60 cm, branched. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, entire or lyrate, long-petiolate; middle and upper leaves pinnatifid, with entire or dentate segments. Capitula 20-30 mm in diameter, oblong-ellipsoid in fruit. Involucral bracts narrowly lanceolate, wider towards base, as long as or shorter than florets. Corolla of marginal florets 12-18 mm, slightly longer than the central, lilac to dark purple. Involucel-tube hispid or subglabrous; corona about as long as tube, broadly infundibuliform; calyx-setae c. 3-5 times as long as corona, on long stipe. All fruits with long calyx-setae. 2«= 16. Dry places. S. Europe. Al Az BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu [Br].