Centaurea pinnatifida, Schur

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213. C. pinnatifida Schur , Enum. Pl. Transs. 405 (1866).

Perennial with creeping rhizome. Stems 10-20(-40) cm, simple, shortly or narrowly winged. Leaves patent, greyish-tomentose above; lower lanceolate, long-acuminate, shortly petiolate. Involucre 12-15 mm in diameter, broadly ovoid; appendages broadly decurrent, black; fimbriae as long as the width of the margin, blackish-brown. Florets violet. Achenes c. 4 mm; pappus 1-5-2 mm. Alpine meadows. S. & E. Carpathians. Rm.

Subsp. sooana (Borhidi) Soó, Feddes Reperì. 83: 149 (1972) ( C. achtarovii subsp. sooana Borhidi ), described from Romania (Mt. Ceahlau), differs from typical 213 chiefly in having the lower leaves ovate- to oblong-spathulate and the involucre 30-35 mm; its status is uncertain.