Scabiosa columbaria subsp. columbaria

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. columbaria :

Leaves with short hairs, the cauline with narrowly lanceolate terminal segments, not or scarcely wider than the lateral; involucral bracts shorter than florets, with short hairs. Throughout the range of the species.