(b) Subsp. grandis (Andrz. ex Ascherson & Graebner)

Bornm., Feddes Repert. (Beih.) 89: 244 (1940):

Plants up to 150 cm, robust, villous, usually without rosette. Leaflets elliptical, coarsely serrate; glandular hairs concealed by the tomentum. Hypanthium (including bristles) 11x9 mm, grooved throughout its length; disc projecting by c. 0-4 mm; lowest bristles patent or slightly deflexed. S., E. & E.C. Europe.