Jurinea ledebourii, Bunge

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 : 219

12. J. ledebourii Bunge , Flora (Regensb.) 24: 157 (1841)

(7. calcarea Klokov, 7. cretacea Bunge , 7. michelsonii Iljin, 7. mollissima Klokov, 7. sordida Steven).

Stems 15-80 cm, finely sulcate, leafy towards base. Basal leaves linear-lanceolate in outline, pinnatifid, sometimes simple, amplexicaul, decurrent, with oblong-lanceolate to linear segments, the margin often undulate or revolute, puberulent above, arachnoid-hairy or tomentose beneath. Capitula 1-3, 2-3 -5(-4) cm, globose. Involucral bracts lanceolate to subulate, the inner ovate, acuminate, subequal, subglabrous or with dense arachnoid indumentum, ciliate, recurved or hooked at the apex, the outer herbaceous. Achenes 3-4 mm, deeply tuberculate, puberulent; corona inconspicuous; pappus as long as achene. 2/2 = 36. • From Bulgaria to E. Russia. Bu Rm Rs (C, W,?K, E).