(b) Subsp.rubra (Wettst.) Beauverd,

Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève ser. 2, 17: 337 (1926) (N. rubra (Wettst.) K. Richter)

: Basal leaves 7-10. Spike more or less cylindrical. Flowers red. Inner perianth-segments 3-veined, the lateral about as wide as the outer.

C. & E. Alps; mountains of Romania.