Centaurea phrygia subsp. ratezatensis

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 : 294

(h) Subsp. ratezatensis (Prodan) Dostál , loc. cit. (1976)

( C. ratezatensis Prodan ):

Stems up to 100 cm, sparingly branched. Leaves green, subglabrous, ovate. Capitula solitary. Involucre 20 x 10 mm, ovoid; appendages completely covering bracts, those of the middle bracts triangular-lanceolate, dark brown, the apex subulate, erect. Florets pink. Steep, grassy, calcareous slopes. • S. Carpathians [Miii. Retezatului).