Echinops sphaerocephalus subsp. taygeteus, (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kozuharov

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 : 214

(c) Subsp. taygeteus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Kožuharov , loc. cit. (1975)

( E. taygeteus Boiss. & Heldr. ):

Stem and involucral bracts densely glandular-hairy. Leaf-segments linear-triangular. Involucre 18-25 mm. S. Greece (Ta'iyetos).

E. pungens Trautv. , Echin. Gen. 18 (1833), described from the Caucasus and also reported from Krym, appears to be a hybrid between 7(a) and 3.