Centaurea spinabadia subsp. hanryi

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 : 276

(d) Subsp. hanryi (Jordan) Dostál , loc. cit. (1916)

( C. hanryi Jordan ):

Biennial. Stems 30-50 cm. Leaves grey-green. Involucre 10- 12 x 5-7 mm; bracts recurved, purplish, with prominent veins; appendages not spiny at apex. Pappus c. 1 -5 mm, | as long as achene. S. France, N.E. Spain.