Linaria genistifolia, (L.) Miller

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 230

15. L. genistifolia (L.) Miller , op. cit. no. 14 (1768).

Glabrous perennial; stems (20-)30-100 cm, erect, branched, especially above, leafy up to inflorescence. Leaves 20-60 x 2-40 mm, linear to ovate, acute, more or less amplexicaul, alternate. Racemes (3-)10-20 cm, lax or dense; pedicels 1-13 mm, usually more or less equalling bracts. Calyx 2-12 mm; lobes linear-lanceolate to triangular-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, usually subequal. Corolla 13-50 mm, yellow; spur 4-25 mm. Capsule 3-7 mm. Seeds c. 1 -2 mm, compressed-tetrahedral, rugulose, black, with a narrow, often whitish flange on the angles. 2« = 12. S.E. & E. C. Europe, extending westwards to Italy and northwards to 54° N. in E.C. Russia. Al Au Bu Cz Gr Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Tu [?Ge]. 1 Corolla 20-50 mm; leaves mostly less than 4 times as long as wide (c) subsp. dalmatica

1 Corolla 13-22 mm; leaves mostly at least 4 times as long as wide

2 Leavessuberect,rigid (a) subsp. genistifolia

2 Leavespatent,flaccid (b) subsp. sofiana