Carlina racemosa, 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 : 211

13. C. racemosa L. , Sp. Pl. 829 (1753).

Annual to short-lived perennial, usually somewhat arachnoid-floccose; stem 10-40(-60) cm, freely and sympodially branched. Leaves up to 10x 2 cm, narrowly lanceolate, strongly but remotely undulate-spinosedentate. Capitula 8-15 mm in diameter, numerous, terminating the branches and subsessile in the apparent dichotomies of the stem. Outer involucral bracts 25-60 x 8-15 mm, much exceeding the inner; inner bracts 10-12 x 1-2 mm, bright yellow. Achenes 2 mm; pappus c. 6 mm. In = 20. Portugal, S. Spain, Sardegna. Hs Lu Sa.