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Centaurea iberica subsp. hermonis

(Boiss.) Bornm.

Leb. Syr.

Centaurea iberica Trev. ex Spreng. subsp. hermonis (Boiss.) Wagenitz

(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 488; Pl. CCCII nº 1–2; 1983)


  • Life-form & habit: Erect, much-branched plant, 20–80 cm tall; more or less canescent, particularly in the variety hermonis.

  • Leaves: Strongly dissected, pinnatisect throughout, including cauline leaves; lobes dentate.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: Capitula ovate, solitary, sessile or shortly pedunculate, 1–1.5 cm in diameter.

  • Involucre: Pale, coriaceous bracts with narrowly membranous margins and a short terminal appendage bearing 1–2 pairs of short lateral spines and a strong central spine. Inner bracts scarious, spineless.

  • Flowers: Rose.

  • Fruit: Small achenes, striate with pale lines, bearing a short pappus half the length of the achene.

  • Phenology: Flowers from May to July.

  • Habitat & elevation: Roadsides, abandoned land, open woodlands.

  • Lebanese distribution: Met. Qputbé near Hammara; Hermon (lower regions), Rachaya.

  • Syrian distribution: Hermon (‘Arné, Qala‘at Jendel); A.L. Bloudane, Birket Foukhté; Mm. Slenfé, Jabal Mattai.

  • Native range: Lebanon, Syria and Hermon. (KEW)

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