Tragopogon brevirostris subsp. brevirostris

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 : 324

(a) Subsp. brevirostris (inch T. borystenicus Artemczuk ): Leaves widened at base, sparsely hairy. Bracts 5—8(— 10). Beak absent. Pappus c. 1 cm. Throughout most of the range of the species.