Centaurea parlatoris subsp. parlatoris

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 272

(c) Subsp. parlatoris :

Leaves fioccose, glabrescent. Involucre 8-10 x 6-8 mm; appendages not covering the bracts. • Sicilia.

C. ambigua Guss. , Ind. Sem. Horto Boccad. 1826: 3 (1826) (incl. subsp. laciniata (Guss.) Arcangeli ), described from Sicilia, is probably the hybrid 86 x 178.