Senecio papposus subsp. kitaibelii, (Jav.) Cuf.

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 : 201

(c) Subsp. kitaibelii (Jáv.) Cuf. , loc. cit. (1933):

Stems, leaves and involucre arachnoid-tomentose but glabrescent before anthesis. Basal leaves ovate to elliptical, rather fleshy. Capitula 5-7. Involucral bracts brownish-green. • N. W. Jugoslavia (Velebiť).

S. igoschinae Schischkin in Schischkin & Bobrov, Fl. URSS 26: 885 (1961), from C. Ural, is a more or less glabrous plant with narrow leaves and involucre c. 5 mm; it is probably related to subsp. (a) but its status is uncertain.