Centaurea cadmea
Centaurea cadmea
Honaz düğmesi
Perennial with woody rhizome ending in a rosette of leaves and several lateral erect to ascending stems, 10-35 cm, branched above with 2-12 capitula. Leaves tomentose, basal and lower 1-2-pinnatisect , ultimate segments 2-5 mm broad, terminal slightly larger, median leaves pinnatisect, upper ones simple. Involucre 11-16 x 9-12 mm, ovoid to globose. Appendages large, concealing basal part of phyllaries, not decurrent, oblong to nearly orbicular with broad strawy margin and firmer brown central part, usually irregularly lacerate, ending in a slender 1,5-3 mm spinule.Flowers rose-purple. Achenes 3-3,5 mm; pappus 3,5-4,5 mm. Fl. 6-7. Limestone rocks, 500-2200 m.
Endemic.
