Asterolinon linum-stellatum, (L.) Duby

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 : 27

1. A. linum-stellatum (L.) Duby in DC., Prodr. 8: 68 (1844)

( A. stellatum Hoffmanns. & Link ).

Glabrous. Stems 3—12(—18) cm, erect, freely branched. Leaves 3-7 x 0-5-2 mm, lanceolate, sessile, acute, entire, equalling or longer than the intemodes. Pedicels 2-4 mm. Calyx 3-6 mm; lobes lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate. Corolla 0-2-2 mm, white, rotate; segments ovate, imbricate; filaments adnate to corolla, anthers exserted. Seeds 2-5, blackish, coarsely rugose. Dry, open habitats. S. & W. Europe, northwards to N. W. France. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Lu Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.