Centaurea, (Hayek) 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 : 282

Sect. Pseudoplumosae (Hayek) Dostál . Stems herbaceous, the branches not spiny. Leaf-segments not rigid or spiny. Involucre cylindrical; appendages filiform and plumose-fimbriate at apex, recurved. Florets pink.