Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon (Godr.) G.H.Loos, 2010

Common names

🇫🇷 Centaurée à appendice étroit

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Centaureinae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon

Presence

Present.

Notes

Subspecies whose flowers have phyllaries with a narrow appendage that barely covers the adjacent phyllaries, the lower ones being curved downward.

This subspecies is sometimes not accepted and is included into C. decipiens, without distinction of subspecies.

Photographs

img/centaurea-decipiens-microptilon.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon

img/centaurea-decipiens-microptilon-2.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon

img/centaurea-decipiens-microptilon-3.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon

img/centaurea-decipiens-microptilon-4.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon

img/centaurea-decipiens-microptilon-6.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon - Middle cauline leaf

img/centaurea-decipiens-microptilon-7.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon - Lower cauline leaf

img/centaurea-decipiens-microptilon-5.webp — Centaurea decipiens subsp. microptilon - Blooming flower

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 413). Biotope.