Achillea sintenisii
Achillea sintenisii
Kuruçay perçemi
Height 10-25 cm. Stems terete, obtuse-angled, adpressed- to subadpressed-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves woolly-tomentose to glabrescent, linear, median cauline 1,5-3 x 0,07-0,12 cm, pinnatisect, segments densely imbricate, undivided or 3-lobed, with orbicular, denticulate lobes 0,5-1 mm. Capitula 1-4, corymbs 1-4 cm broad, peduncles 3-5 cm. Involucre broadly ovoid to hemispherical and depressed, 4-5 x 6-10 mm, broadly rounded or umbilicate at base. Phyllaries lanceolate, subacute to acute, with very narrow scarious brownish margins, carinate, tomentose to glabrescent. Ligules 6-8, white, 3-5,5 mm; disc flowers 50-60. Fl. 5-7. Steppe, calcareous slopes, gypsum hills, 1200-1550 m.
Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Closely related to A. goniocephala.
