*Amberboa moschata* (L.) DC., Prodr. 6:560. 1838 ("1837")
Syn: *Centaurea moschata* L.; *Centaurea imperialis* *hort.*; *Oligochaeta
moschata* (L. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus>) M. R. Almeida
Common name: Sweet Sultan
Garden ornamental herb with pinnatipartite leaves, lower petiolate,
uppermost sessile with serrulate margin; heads terminal on long peduncles;
involucre bracts broadly ovate with scarious margin, inner narrower;
corolla white or purple, outer much longer than inner, 10-20 cleft;
achenes villous.
Often cultivated in gardens, photographed from Delhi University Garden on
March 2, 2012.
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