Table 1 in Centaurea lovricii, a new species of C. sect. Centaurea (Asteraceae) from Croatia

Table 1. Main diagnostic features of Centaurea lovricii, C. glaberrima and C. divergens. C. lovriciiC. glaberrimaC. divergensStemglabrous, shiny, 25-50 cm long,glabrous, dull, 25-80 cm long,hispid, dull, 25-100 cm long,Basal leavesfleshy, robust, glabrous, 1-2 pinnatisect, 7-20 cm long, with leaflets lanceolate to linear, 5-30 × 0.8-5 mm, the terminal one up to 10 mm widethin, rigid, glabrous, 1-3 pinnatisect, 8-15 cm long, with leaflets linear-filiform, 2-15 × 0.5-0.8(-2) mmthin, rigid, hispid, 1-3 pinnatisect, 8-20 cm long, with leaflets linear-filiform, 2-15 × 0.5-0.8(-2) mmCauline leaves1.5-12 cm long, 1-12 leaflets per side, linear lanceolate to linear0.5-5 cm long, 1-15 leaflets per side, linear-filiform0.5-7 cm long, 1-10 leaflets per side, linear-filiformSynflorescencelaxly branched, with 7-30 capitulalaxly paniculate, very branched, with (15)50-80 capituladensely paniculate, very branched, with 15-80 capitulaCapitulasolitary, involucre 13-15 × 8-12 mm, with peduncle 1-20 cm longsolitary to grouped, involucre 6-8.5(-10) × 4.5-5.5 mm, with peduncle 0.3-6 cm longsolitary to grouped, involucre 6-10 × 4-6.5 mm, with peduncle 0.2-7 cm longPhyllaries6.5-15 × 2-4.5 mm, with appendages triangular to orbicular, dark-brown, densely fimbriate with 7-10 pairs of undulate fimbriae 0.3-1.7 mm long2.5-8 × 1.2-2.6 mm, with appendages triangular to orbicular, straw-coloured often tinged with pale-brown, 4-8 pairs of lax and more or less straight fimbriae, which are 0.3-1(-1.5) mm long3-8 × 1.4-2.2 mm, with appendages triangular, straw-coloured, tinged with pale-brown, 3-6 pairs of lax and more or less straight fimbriae, which are 0.2-2 mm longCorolla of outermost sterile floretstube 7.5-9 mm long, lobes 7.5-11.5 mm longtube 6-6.5 mm long, lobes 2-4.1 mm longtube 5.5-6 mm long, lobes 3-6 mm longCorolla of disc floretstube 10-11.5 mm long, lobes 5 mm longtube 5-6 mm long, lobes 2-2.5 mm longtube 6.5-7.5 mm long, lobes 3-3.3 mm longStamens12.5-13.5 mm long, with filament 4.5-5 mm long and anthers 8-8.5 mm long7.5-9.8 mm long, with filaments 5.3-5.8 mm long and anthers 2.2-4 mm long10-10.5 mm long, with filaments 5-5.5 mm long and anthers 5 mm longStyle16-16.5 mm long7.5-8.3 mm long10 mm longStigma1.5 mm long1.25 mm long1.2 mm longAchenes2.6-3 × 1.4-1.5 mm, glabrous, dark-brown up to the apex2.5-2.7 × 1-1.2 mm, glabrous, dark-brown with straw-coloured strip above2.3-2.5 × 0.9-1.1 mm, sparsely hairy, dark-brown with straw-coloured strip abovePappusobscurely 2-seriate, with bristles 0.6-2.3 mm long2-seriate, with bristles 0.2-0.8 mm long2-seriate, with bristles 0.2-1.1 mm long