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Carduncellus rhaponticoides

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Authors: Coss.  

Botanical Description

Leaves entire, elliptic, deep green with a short, flattened maroon-purple petiole and a fringe of white hairs; each rosette about 15cm across. Flowerheads sessile, 4-5cm in diameter, violet to lavender-blue. Morocco, Atlas mountains at around 1700m in stony, open places.