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Cephalaria syriaca (Linn.) Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 3:45. 1818. Boiss., Fl.Or.3:120.1875; Post, Fl.Syr.Pal.Sin.400.1896; R.R. Stewart, l.c. 700.
Cephalaria boisseri ReuterCephalaria syriaca var. boissieri (Reuter) Boiss.Scabiosa syriaca Linn.
An annual up to 1 m tall. Stem striate pilose. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-8.5 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm broad, ciliate, sparsely pilose. Capitula 0.9(-1.4) cm broad. Involucral bracts 6(-8) mm, broadly ovate, acuminate. Receptacular bracts 8-9 mm long, narrower. Calyx cupular, stipitate, pubescent, limb setose. Involucel 4.5-5 mm long, grooved, setose-glabrescent.
Fl.Per.: April-May.
Type: Described from Syria.
Distribution: Mediterranean region, C. Asia, Caucasus, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Found usually as a weed in fields and waste places from 1000-2000 m. Considered a noxious weed in Iraq. According to Kitamura our form is ssp. turanica Bobr.
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