Centaurea subjacea, (G. Beck) Hayek

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 : 291

180. C. subjacea (G. Beck) Hayek , Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Nat. Kl. (Wien) 70: 712 (1901).

Perennial. Stems 30-50 cm, erect, sparingly branched above, densely leafy. Leaves green, rarely almost greyish, entire or denticulate; basal ovate-lanceolate, sinuate-dentate; cauline ovate-lanceolate. Capitula solitary, sessile. Involucre 14 x 12-14 mm, ovoid-globose; appendages ovate-triangular, usually covering bracts, erect, blackish-brown, pectinate-fimbriate, the fimbriae c. 2 mm, 10-15 on each side, blackish-brown, rarely paler, flexuous, the terminal fimbriae scarcely longer. Florets deep pink, the outer radiate. Achenes c. 3 mm; pappus absent. Mountain meadows. 9 C. Europe. Au Cz Ge Hu Po.