Scabiosa crinita

Sarıpuk

Perennial with glabrous or puberulent stems up to 60 cm. Lower leaves pinnatisect; upper leaves 1-2-pinnatisect; both with linear segments. Involucral bracts 9-11, linear, shorter than flowers. Capitula 1,5-3 cm diam., radiant; flowers pink or mauvish-pink, outer ones with entire petals. Fruiting head spherical. Involucel 2,5-3 mm, 8-grooved, ribs hairy, corona 1-2 mm with 16-22 nerves. Calyx shortly stipitate; setae 7-11 mm. Fl. 6-9. Rocky slopes, scrub, meadows, 730-2300 m.

N.Iran, Georgia. Ir.-Tur. element.