Centaurea aplolepa subsp. carueliana

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

(d) Subsp. carueliana (Micheletti) Dostál, loc. cit. (1976)

(C. paniculata var. carueliana Micheletti ):

Stems up to 60 cm. Lower leaves lyrate-pinnatisect. Capitula in clusters. Involucre 8x4 mm, ovoid; appendages very narrowly decurrent, shortly fimbriate. Achenes grey; pappus absent. W. Italy, from prov. Carrara to prov. Grossato, and inland to Firenze.