Scabiosa hispidula, 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 : 71

21. S. hispidula Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1(2): 112 (1843).

Densely pubescent annual. Stem 15-50 cm, branched. Leaves pinnatifid or pinnatisect, the upper slightly lyrate, with 1-7 pairs of segments, lanate, the terminal segments slightly wider than the lateral. Capitula 10-20 mm in diameter. Involucral bracts (8—)11—15(—17) mm, linear-lanceolate, as long as or longer than florets, rarely slightly shorter. Involucel-tube (1 -2-) l- 8-2-4 mm; pits 0-6—1(— 1 -3) mm, pubescent; corona (O-8-)l-l-2(-l-5) mm, with 17-24, distinctly excurrent veins. Calyx-setae 4-7 mm, 4-5 times as long as corona, with long white hairs and shorter glands at the base. Corolla of marginal florets 9—12(—14) mm, about twice as long as that of the central, yellow, pinkish towards apex. Dry, stony places. E. Bulgaria. Bu. (Anatolia.)