Centaurea margaritacea subsp. breviceps

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

(b) Subsp. breviceps (Iljin) Dostál, loc. cit. (1976)

( C. breviceps Iljin ):

Stems scabrid above. Leaf-segments linear-filiform. Involucre 10-13 x 6-10 mm, ovoid; appendages 4-5 x 3-5 mm, not covering bracts, oblong-elliptical, convex, with oblong-triangular, reddish-brown-purple central spot, pellucid, entire or indistinctly denticulate. Florets purple. Achenes 3-4 mm, brown; pappus shorter than achene. Sandy steppes. • S. Ukraine (by the S. E. bank of the lower Dnepr).