Centaurea leucophaea subsp. reuteri

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 : 277

(b) Subsp. reuteri (Reichenb. fil.) Dostál , loc. cit. (1976)

( C. reuteri Reichenb. fil. , C. cineraria var. saratoi Briq. ):

Involucre 5-8 mm in diameter, ovoid-oblong, narrowed at base, not spotted; bracts oblong, lanate; appendages small, pale brown, with acuminate apex c. 0-5 mm, and a hyaline margin, the fimbriae c. 1 mm. Pappus as long as achene. N. W. Italy, S.E. France.