Centaurea aplolepa subsp. lunensis

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

(i) Subsp. lunensis (Fiori) Dostál, loc. cit. (1976)

( C. paniculata var. lunensis Fiori ):

Stems herbaceous throughout. Leaves green, scabrid, pinnatisect with linear-lanceolate segments. Involucre 8-11 mm in diameter, ovoid; appendages mucronulate, with lower fimbriae 0-2-0-5 mm. Achenes grey; pappus c. | as long as achene. Coast of N. Italy from Genova to La Spezia, and adjacent part of N. Appennini.