Centaurea aplolepa subsp. aetaliae

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 : 281

(h) Subsp. aetaliae (Sommier) Dostál, op. cit. 203 (1976)

( C. paniculata var. aetaliae Sommier ):

Stems up to 50 cm. Leaves glabrous, pinnatisect. Involucre 10-12 x 8-10 mm, ovoid; appendages dentate-fimbriate below; lower fimbriae 0-2-0-5 mm. Achenes black; pappus c. | as long as achene. Elba.