Centaurea ertugruliana

Ertuğrul sarıbaşı

Perennial herbs with woody rootstock and rosette leaves. Stems decumbent, not striate, densely whitish tomentose, up to 50 cm, branched above with 4–8 terminal capitula; branches 0.5–3 cm. All leaves densely tomentose; basal leaves 5–12 X2–3.5 cm, 1 pinnatisect, ultimate  segments 5–7 mm broad, margins toothed and as broad as lateral segments or less, median leaves similar to basal leaves, upper leaves with 1–3 lateral lobes at base. Involucre 12–17 X 7–10 mm, ovoid to oblong, not funnel-shaped at fruiting time. Phyllaries pluriseriate, linear-lanceolate, striate, subglabrous. Appendages oblong, decurrent, pale brown; 3–4 X 1–1.5 mm , cilia membranous, 0.2–0.5 mm, 6–12 on each side, terminal mucro 0.5–1 mm long. Flowers rose-purple, marginal slightly radiant. Achenes cream-coloured, lanceolate, 3–3.5 X 1.5–2 mm, subglabrous . Pappus double, with scabrid setae, 4–5 mm long, inner ring ca. 0.5 mm long. Flowering in June–July, fruiting in August.

Endemic.