Centaurea spinosociliata subsp. tommasinii, (A. Kerner) Dostal

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 : 274

(c) Subsp. tommasinii (A. Kerner) Dostál , loc. cit. (1976)

( C. tommasinii A. Kerner ):

Appendages not covering the bracts, denticulate-fimbriate, without an apical spine; fimbriae 0-2-0-5 mm. Pappus absent. Maritime rocks. N.E. Italy, Istra.

C. cristata subsp. curictana Lovrič , Acta Bot. Croat. 26-27: 267 (1968), described from W. Jugoslavia (island of Krk), is like subsp. (b) but perennial, with stems 5-25 cm, branched at the base, and appendages with fimbriae 1 -5-3 mm and an apical spine c. 6 mm; its status is uncertain.