Jurinea tanaitica, Klokov

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 : 218

5. J. tanaitica Klokov in Schischkin & Bobrov, Fl. URSS 27: 719 (1962).

Stems 15-50(—60) cm, leafy throughout. Basal leaves deeply pinnatifid, arachnoid-hairy; segments 2-5, entire, 10 or more times as long as wide; cauline leaves with short auricles, the uppermost entire. Capitula 2-10 or more, 12-15 x 7-12 mm, obconical. Involucral bracts lanceolate, unequal, straight and appressed, coriaceous, with arachnoid indumentum or subglabrous, the inner exceeding florets, purple, yellowish or brown. Achenes (3-5-)4-4-5 mm, finely ribbed, glabrous; corona inconspicuous; pappus 2-2| times as long as achene. Sandy ground. • S.E. Russia (basin of the lower Don). Rs (E).