Echinops bannaticus, Rochel ex 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

9. E. bannaticus Rochel ex Schrader , Blumenbachia 48 (1827).

Stem 50-120 cm, simple or branched, with eglandular hairs, sometimes subglabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptical in outline, flat, 2-pinnatisect, pinnatifid or subentire, glandular-hairy, sparsely strigose and with slightly arachnoid indumentum above, densely scabridulous on the margin, white-tomentose beneath; segments triangular, with few, slender spines 2-4 mm. Inflorescence 2*5-5 cm in diameter, blue or greyish-blue. Involucre 14-17 mm; setae equalling or shorter than the outer bracts, ł as long as involucre, connate at base. Involucral bracts 20-21, usually lanceolate, long-acuminate, cibate; outer bracts triangular-lanceolate, I as long as the capitulum and rather wider than the others. Corolla greyish-blue. Pappus-setae connate at base. S.E. Europe, extending north-westwards to Slovenija. Al Bu Gr?It Ju Rm Rs (K).