Centaurea phrygia
Centaurea phrygia
Ssp stenolepis: Mor serçebaşı; Subsp. salicifolia: Rize serçebaşı
Syn: C. stenolepis
Perennial, 25-70 cm, stem erect, branched in upper part. Leaves scabrous above, slightly arachnoid-tomentose below, entire , lower broadly lanceolate and petiolate, median and upper lanceolate to oblong, sessile. Involucre 16-20 x 10-15 mm, oblong. Appendages small, only patly covering basal part of phyllaries, only 0,5-0,8 mm broad at base, gradually narrowed into threadlike recurved tip, whole appendage 6-12 mm, blackish-brown in lower part, tip light-brown, with numerous distant 2,5-4 mm cilia on both sides. Flowers rose-purple, marginal radiant. Achenes 3,2-3,8 mm; pappus 0,5-1,5 mm. Fl. 7-8. Meadows, scrub, 900-1350 m.
Central Europe , Balkans, S. Russia . Euro-Sib. Element.
