Centaurea margaritacea subsp. pseudoleucolepis

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 : 286

(a) Subsp. pseudoleucolepis (Kleopow) Dostál, Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc.71:204(1976)

( C. pseudoleucolepis Kleopow ):

Stems smooth above. Leaf-segments linear-lanceolate. Involucre 8-10 x 7-8 mm, ovoid; appendages covering bracts, orbicular, convex, shiny, with short apical spine, with yellowish centre, the margin pellucid. Florets pale pink. Achenes 2-2-5 mm, brown, with white ribs; pappus 1-1-5 mm. Granite rocks. • S.E. Ukraine (Volodarskoe, N.W. of Ždanov).