Centaurea alba subsp. formanekii

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 : 289

(o) Subsp. formanekii (Halácsy) Dostál , loc. cit. (1976)

( C. formanekii Halácsy ):

Perennial. Stems up to 60 cm, divaricately branched. Leaves arachnoid-lanate; lower pinnatisect with small segments. Involucre 8 mm in diameter, ovoid; appendages ovate-orbicular, not covering bracts, convex, scarious, white, the margin wide, pellucid, deeply lacerate-denticulate, the apex setaceous-acuminate. Florets pale pink. Achenes c. 3 mm; pappus c. 1 mm. Dry hills. • C. Macedonia (S.E. of Titov Veles').