Centaurea phrygia subsp. pseudophrygia is a species in the Centaurea genus. This name is accepted name for the species in the family Asteraceae subfamily Carduoideae, tribe Cynareae, subtribe Centaureinae, . This species is found in Austria, Baltic States, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.