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Centaurea drabifolia subsp. libanotica

(Boiss.) Wagenitz

Leb. Syr.

Centaurea drabifolia Sibth. & Sm. subsp. libanotica (Boiss.) Wagenitz


(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CCLXXX nº 2a–b; 1983)


  • Life-form & habit: Densely tufted, suffruticose perennial from a hardened rhizome. Plant canescent-arachnoid to glabrescent, nearly stemless or shortly caulescent, rarely exceeding 20 cm tall.

  • Leaves: Basal leaves linear, slightly petiolate, quickly withering, entire or variably pinnatilobed.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: Solitary terminal capitula, 2.5 cm long (including flowers), 6–9 mm wide.

  • Bracts: Tomentose to nearly glabrous; apical appendage palmate, with a central spine as long as the bract body and 1–3 pairs of shorter lateral spines. Lower bracts often with a reflexed central spine.

  • Phenology: Flowers from June to August.

  • Habitat & elevation: Rocky outcrops at high elevation.

  • Lebanese distribution:
    Mm.: Jabal Kneissé, Hasroun, between Dimane and Yammouné
    Me.: Jabal Sannine, Qala‘at ‘Arrouba, Col des Cèdres, Makmel summit, above the Cedars
    Herm.: Summit of Mount Hermon

  • Syrian distribution:
    A.L.: Anti-Lebanon (Draj, Tala‘at Moussa, Jabal Halimé)

  • Native range: Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, Hermon. (KEW, GBIF)

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