Centaurea triumfetti subsp. stricta, (Waldst. & Kit.) Dostal

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 : 299

(g) Subsp. stricta (Waldst. & Kit.) Dostál , Acta Bot. Bohem. 10: 72 (1931):

Stems 30-70(-80) cm, strict, simple or sparingly branched above, narrowly winged, leafy. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, entire, rarely with 1-2 teeth at the base, grey-tomentose; lower withered at anthesis; cauline erect, acute. Capitula solitary, rarely 2-3 together. Involucre 18-25 mm in diameter, ovoid; appendages narrowly (0*7 mm) decurrent, brown; fimbriae twice as long as the width of the margin, dark brown, with white apex. Pappus 1-1*5 mm. Rocky ground', calcicole. • E.C. Europe and N. part of Balkan peninsula.