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| Common name | Pirin thistle |
| Latin name | Centaurea mannagettae Podp. |
| Conservation status and threats | PROTECTED species in Bulgaria. |
| Description and identification | Herbaceous perennial plant. Stem is 20-50 cm high. Leaves are odd pinnately compound; Appendages of involucral phyllaries are narrowly triangular, rusty brown, ciliated, with or without a short thorn at the top; the fruit wing longer than the fruit itself. Flowering June - August. |
| Habitat | Limy, stony and shrubby places. |
| Distribution in Bulgaria | In the next floristic regions: Thracian Plane, The Tundzha Hilly Plane, The Rila, The Pirin and The Slavianka. |
| General distribution | Endemic to the Balkans. |
| Notes | Some authors divide the species into 2 subspecies: Centaurea mannagettae subs. pirinica (D. Jord.) Koz. and Centaurea mannagettae subs. mannagetae. The species is included as the subspecies Centaurea mannagettae subs. pirinica in Annex 3 of the Bulgarian Biodiversity Act. |
