Carlina corymbosa subsp. curetum, (Heldr. ex Halacsy) Rech

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 : 209

(c) Subsp. curetum (Heldr. ex Halácsy) Rech , fil., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Nat. Kl. (Wien) 105(1): 644 (1943)

( C. curetum Heldr. ex Halácsy ):

Subglabrous. Capitula rather few and small. Leaves remotely spinose-pinnatisect, with segments much longer than the width of the undivided portion; margin between the principal spines usually more or less entire. Outer involucral bracts exceeding the inner by up to 60 mm. • Kriti and Karpathos.

C. sitiensis Rech. fil. , Feddes Repert. 43: 147 (1938), described from a single gathering from E. Kriti, is perhaps related to 3; it is said, however, to have straw-coloured inner involucral bracts and the surface of the leaves minutely spinose and glandular. It requires further investigation.