Arctium platylepis
Arctium platylepis
Baldikeni
Plant c. 1 m. Leaves 8-27 x 6-19 cm. Capitula in corymbs. Involucre 3-5 cm broad, open in fruit, sparsely arachnoid; phyllaries flattened, all hooked, at least 1 mm wide at median point, dark purplish-green. Flowers equalling involucre. Fl. 8-9. By streams, 1650-2500 m.
Caucasia. Euxine element.