Species: Leuzea conifera 

Family: Asteraceae  
Genus:  Leuzea
Species description: Stems 5-30 cm, white lanate, leafy up to the capitulum. Leaves white-tomentose beneath; lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire or lyrate-pinnatifid, petiolate. Involucre up to 4 cmin diameter; ovoid-globose; middle bracts puberulent, with reddish-brown appendages. Corolla purple to whitish. Achenes up to 4mm, turbinate, densely tuberculate, black. Pappus c 6 times as long as achene, snow-white.

Field Notes:

Habitat: Dry places

Distribution: W. Mediterranean region, Portugal. Bl Co Ga Hs It Lu Sa Si

Found: S.Spain

Date: 1975

Flora Europea:4-253

Literatuur:

Notes: (Compositea); (Centaurea conifera)

Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands

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