Scabiosa vestina, Facch. ex Koch

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26. S. vestina Facch. ex Koch , Syn. FI. Germ. ed. 2, 447 (1843).

Perennial. Stem 10-40 cm, simple or branched, shortly pubescent, leafy. Leaves on non-flowering rosettes narrowly spathulate, obtuse or subacute, entire, glabrous; cauline leaves, except the lowest, pinnatisect, the segments linear or linear-lanceolate. Capitula 20-32 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts (7—) 10—16(—18) mm, narrowly lanceolate, shorter than to as long as florets. Involucel-tube 2-2-7 mm; corona 0-7-1 -4 mm. Calyx-setae 6-7 mm, c. 5-9 times as long as corona. Corolla of marginal florets 10-15 mm, about twice as long as the central, purple. 2/z= 16. Rocky places and scrub. • S'. Alps, N. Appennini. It.