Centaurea alba subsp. albanica, (Halacsy) 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 : 288

(h) Subsp. albanica (Halácsy) Dostál , loc. cit. (1976)

(C. albanica Halácsy ):

Perennial. Stems 10-20 cm, sparingly branched below. Leaves setulose-puberulent and sparsely lanate; lower 2-pinnatisect, with linear-filiform, remotely dentate segments. Involucre 12-16 mm in diameter, subglobose; appendages orbicular, white, scarious, with pale blackish-brown centre, the margin white, hyaline, pellucid, lacerate or denticulate, the apex aristate. Florets purple. Achenes 3 mm; pappus somewhat longer than achene. Mountain rocks. • N. W. Greece.