Pinus nigra subsp. laricio

Tree up to 40 m tall or more. Bark rough, greyish-brown to dark brown; winter buds 12–25 mm long, resinous; scales persistent, fringed, appressed. Leaves in pairs, 10–15 cm long, dark green. Female cones solitary or in clusters, subsessile, yellowish-brown, ovoid-conic, 3–8 cm long, deciduous; exposed portion of scale angular but slightly rounded, with truncate basal protuberance. Seed with a well-developed wing.