Leuzea altaica, (Fischer ex Sprengel) Link

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 : 253

3. L. altaica (Fischer ex Sprengel) Link , Enum. Horti Berol. Alt. 2: 356 (1822)

( Rhaponticum serratuloides (Georgi) Bobrov , Centaurea serratuloides Georgi ).

Stem up to 100 cm, arachnoid-tomentose. Basal leaves 30x 15 cm, undivided or lyrately pinnatipartite with l (-3) pairs of lobes at the base, dentate, petiolate; cauline undivided, entire or shallowly dentate, sessile; all leaves green on both surfaces, arachnoid-lanate beneath. Involucre 3-6 cm in diameter, globose; middle bracts with an oblong-ovate, long-acuminate, indistinctly lacerate, brown appendage with a recurved apex; inner bracts with a narrow, acute appendage. Corolla purple. Achenes 6-8 mm, pale brown; pappus plumose, 2-3 times as long as the achene, creamy-white. Meadows and saline steppes. S. part of U.S.S.R., E. Romania. Rm Rs (?C, W, E).