Centaurea alba subsp. epapposa, (Velen.) Dostal

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 : 288

(l) Subsp. epapposa (Velen.) Dostál , loc. cit. (1976)

( C. epapposa Velen. ):

Like subsp. (j) but stems 10-20 cm; leaves arachnoid-hairy, the lower 2-pinnatisect with linear segments; involucre 7-8 mm wide; appendages ovate-orbicular, with triangular, brown central spot; pappus absent. Dry hillsides. • Bulgaria, E. Jugoslavia.