Centaurea (Lopholoma), (Cass.) Dobrocz.

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 : 263

Subgen. Lopholoma (Cass.) Dobrocz. (Sagmen Hill, Colymbada Hill ). Perennial, rarely biennial. Stems usually erect and sparingly branched, or absent. Lower leaves usually pinnatisect; uppermost undivided. Capitula comparatively large. Bracts usually without or with indistinct veins on dorsal surface; appendages usually semilunate, shortly decurrent, fimbriate, spiny or mucronate at apex. Pappus present.