Scabiosa lucida subsp. lucida

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 : 73

(a) Subsp. lucida :

Stem leafy for up to lower |. Leaves, except the lowest, 1 - to 2-pinnatifid or -pinnatisect; basal rosettes of leaves always present. Throughout the range of the species.