Scabiosa pulsatilloides, Boiss.

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 : 70

10. S. pulsatilloides Boiss. , Elenchus 58 (1838).

Caespitose perennial, woody at base. Stem densely whitish-pubescent, with l (-2) pairs of leaves at base. Basal leaves c. 1 -5-4 cm, ellipticoblong, 1 - to 2-pinnatifid or 2-pinnatisect, the segments oblanceolate or obovate, entire or scarcely dentate. Capitula (20-)27- 35(-40) mm in diameter. Involucral bracts 7-12(-20) mm, as long as florets, ovate-lanceolate, entire or the larger pinnatifid, pubescent. Corona 3-4 mm, slightly shorter than involucel-tube. Calyx-setae 2-3 times as long as corona. Corolla distinctly longer in marginal than central florets, purple or bluish. Anthers 2-3 mm. Limestone rocks. 9 N.E. & S. Spain. Hs.