Centaurea pallidior subsp. denudata

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 : 272

(b) Subsp. denudata (Halácsy) Dostál , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 71: 197 (1976)

( C. affinis var. denudata Halácsy ):

Stems much-branched. Capitula solitary or in clusters of 2-3. Involucre 7-8 mm in diameter; appendages brown, with 4-6 white fimbriae on each side. Pappus c. 1 -5 mm. C. Greece.