Pterocephalus brevis, Coulter

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 : 68

2. P. brevis Coulter , loc. cit. (1823)

( P. papposus sensu Hayek pro parte, non (L.) Coulter).

Erect annual or biennial 15-20(-40) cm, with long, whitish eglandular and short glandular hairs. Leaves 3-9 x 0-5-2 cm, pinnatisect; lobes linear-oblong, decurrent, entire or divided. Involucral bracts 10-16 x 2-3 mm, linear, acute, equal to or longer than florets. Corolla 12-18 mm, whitish, usually purplish distally. Involucel 4-6 mm in fruit, with a narrow, scarious corona and an internal collar surrounding the neck of the ovary. Calyx 7-8 mm, with 11-16 setae free almost to base. Karpathos. Cr. (S. W. Asia.)