Onopordum bracteatum subsp. creticum, Franco

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 : 247

(c) Subsp. creticum Franco , loc. cit. (VFIS) ’. Stem with sparse multicellular hairs; wings up to 12 mm wide, with a spine up to 13 mm. Leaves greyish-green above, densely whitishtomentose beneath; lobes with apical spine up to 20 mm. Involucral bracts 8-10 mm wide, with apical spine up to 12 mm. Kriti.