Laserpitium hispidum

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Erect, ± hispid biennial with striate to sulcate stems 30-100 cm. Lower leaves 3-pinnate, 12-22 x 8-20 cm, ultimate segments ovate-rhomboid, ± deeply lobed, 5-25 x 4-20 mm. Rays 20-40, usually with spreading white hairs, inner surface shortly setulose, 1,5-7 cm. Bracts 8-11, white-margined, 1-2,5 cm. Bracteoles c. 10, oblong, acuminate, white-margined, 4-9 x 1-2 mm. Pedicels 9-25, shorter than bracteoles, usually with long white hairs. Petals white, drying yellow, less than 1 mm. Mericarps ± terete, densely white-hairy when immature; primary ridges filiform, secondary with c. 1,5 mm wings which develop on maturity. Fl. 7-8. Edges ofgullies, banks at edges of Pinus forests, 700-1500 m.

S. Russia, Caucasus, Georgia, Azerbaijan. Euro-Sib. element.