Centaurea calcitrapa

 Centaurea calcitrapa

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Very similar to C. İberica in habit and structure of appendages, but plants more slender, involucre usually narrower and achenes without pappus. Fl. 6-10. Fields, roadsides, waste land, s.l.-400 m.
1.Involucre 5-7 mm broad……subsp. calcitrapa
1.Involucre 4 mm broad.subsp. cilicica