Centaurea aplolepa subsp. cosana

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

(j) Subsp. cosana (Fiori) Dostál, loc. cit. (1976)

( C. paniculata var. cosana Fiori ):

Stems 30-50cm, woody at base. Leaves green, smooth, pinnatisect with filiform segments. Involucre 8-10mm in diameter, ovoid-conical; appendages long-mucronate, with lower fimbriae 0-5-1 mm. Achenes grey; pappus c. i as long as achene. Coast of C. Italy (Mie. Argentario, near OrbeteIlo).