Echinops exaltatus, Schrader

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 : 214

8. E. exaltatus Schrader , Hort. Gotting. 15 (1809)

( E. commutatus Juratzka ).

Stem 40-150 cm, branched, arachnoid-tomentose, sometimes subglabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptical in outline, flat, 1 - to 2-pinnatifid, sparsely strigose above, tomentose beneath, with densely scabridulous margin; segments triangular, with few, short, slender spines. Inflorescence 3*5-6 cm in diameter, white or greyish, rarely greenish. Involucre 20-30 mm; setae equalling the outer bracts, | as long as involucre, connate for basal half; bracts c. 20, long-acuminate, cibate; outer bracts spathulate; middle bracts lanceolate-subulate. Corolla white or greyish. Pappus-setae connate for basal half. E. C. Europe, N.E. Italy and N. part of Balkan peninsula. Bu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W) [Au Da Ge].