Centaurea attica subsp. megarensis

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 : 275

(d) Subsp. megarensis (Halácsy & Hayek) Dostál , loc. cit. (1976)

( C. megarensis Halácsy & Hayek ):

Stems with short branches above. Leaves with appressed arachnoid indumentum, scabrid; segments ovate-lanceolate. Involucre 14-16x 8-9 mm; appendages not covering the bracts, rather dark brown, auriculate, with erect or erecto-patent apical spine 3-5(-7) mm. Florets pink. Pappus c. i as long as achene. S.E. Greece (near Megara).