Centaurea spinosa L.

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Κενταύρια η ακανθώδης (Centaurea spinosa L.)

Perennial, forming neat, dense, hemispherical cushions up to 100 cm in diam., intricately branched with twigs transformed into sharp spines. Whole plant usually densely grey- or white-tomentose, occasionally greyishgreen. Capitula solitary. Involucre cylindrical to narrowly ovoid, 8–13 × 3–5 mm. Appendage of middle phyllaries triangular, pale brown, with 4–6 pairs of whitish lateral fimbriae and a short apical mucro. Florets white, cream or occasionally pinkish; anther tube pale purplish. Achenes 2–3 mm; pappus deciduous.

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Centaurea spinosa

Centaurea spinosa

Centaurea spinosa