Centaurea saligna

Hol

Perennial, stems 20-70 cm, erect or slightly bent at base, simple or with several one-headed branches. Leaves firm, scabrous with septate hairs, nerves elevated; lower leaves lanceolate, narrowed into a short petiole, median and upper oblong-lanceolate , sessile with half-clasping base or shortly decurrent, uppermost ± enveloping capitula. Involucre 28-30 x 25-35 mm, nearly globose. Appendages very large, totally concealing basal parts of phyllaries, strawy, irregularly lacerate to ciliate, ending in a short 1-4 mm mucro. Flowers yellow, marginal not radiant. Achenes 6-8 mm; pappus 20-25 mm, plumose. Fl. 7-8. Steppe, rocky slopes, 1400-2000 m.

Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element.