Perennial herb to 1m tall, hairy. Stems erect, branched. Lower leaves to 45 cm long, twice divided, petiolate. Upper leaves smaller, once divided, sessile. Capitula solitary, to 6 cm across; summer. Involucral bracts with a brownish, comb-like terminal appendage. Florets bright pink. Achenes 5-6 mm long, sparsely hairy. Pappus of short deciduous bristles.

Caucasus

Source: Jeanes, J. (2002). Asteraceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Centaurea dealbata)