Carduus sandwithii, Kazmi

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 : 223

8. C. sandwithii Kazmi , Mitt. Bot. Staatssamm. (München) 5: 350 (1964).

Like 6 but stem less densely arachnoid-hairy; leaves arachnoid-hairy, with a few unicellular hairs beneath, with 5-8 pairs of semi-palmate short lobes, each with an apical spine up to 4 mm and lateral spinules set at 45°; capitula 25-30 x 40-45 mm, truncate at base; peduncles up to 1 - 5 mm in diameter; involucral bracts 1 -5-2-5 mm wide, minutely verruculose in the proximal |, the mid-vein raised in the distal |; inner bracts Ц times as long as the inner middle; achenes 4-5mm, minutely rugulose-punctulate. Dry waste places. • C. Spain, N.E. Portugal. Hs Lu.