Centaurea glastifolia
Centaurea glastifolia
Kotankıran
Perennial, 40-85 cm, stem erect, winged for most of its length, with few branches near top. Leaves scabrous with very short hairs, sometimes also arachnoid, entire; basal and lower petiolate, lanceolate, median and upper sessile, decurrent, gradually narrowing, uppermost nearly linear. Involucre 22-29 x 20-30 mm, nearly globose. Appendages very large, totally concealing basal part of phyllaries, orbicular, shortly decurrent, 10-15 mm broad, hyaline with firmer dark brown centre, margin minutely denticulate and lacerate. Flowers yellow, marginal not radiant. Achenes 6 mm; pappus 11-13 mm, plumose. Fl. 7-8. Meadows, rocky slopes, 1500-2500 m.
Transcaucasia. Ir.-Tur. element.
