Scabiosa isetensis, L.

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

11. S. isetensis L. , Mantissa 37 (1767).

Sparsely hirsute perennial, woody at base. Stem 25-45 cm, erect or ascending, leafy, slightly branched above. Leaves elliptic-ovate, pinnate or 2- pinnatisect, the segments 1-3 mm wide, linear-lanceolate. Capitula 1-3(-5), c. 23-25 mm. Involucral bracts 6-8 mm, as long as florets, narrowly ovate, obtuse, densely white-hirsute. Corona 2-3-6 mm, shorter than involucel-tube, with 24-30 veins. Calyx-setae c. li times as long as corona. Corolla of marginal florets 13-15 mm, about twice as long as that of the central, pale or pinkish-yellow. Anthers 1-8-1-9 mm. Steppes. E.C. & S.E. Russia. Rs (C, E).