Goniolimon

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 : 50

6. Goniolimon Boiss.1

Like Limonium but always perennial herbs; stems usually compressed; leaves coriaceous, few, in a basal rosette; spikelets with mucronate bracts; stigma capitate.

All species, except those for which another habitat is indicated, are found on steppes, dry grassland or stony hillsides.

1 Calyx-lobes wider than long, or obscure 2. speciosum 1 Calyx-lobes longer than wide 2 Inner bract of spikelet entire 1. elatum 2 Inner bract of spikelet 2- to 3-fid 3 Calyx-tube glabrous 4 Leaves spathulate, 3-4 times as long as wide, abruptly contracted into the petiole 11. sartorii 4 Leaves linear-spathulate, 6-12 times as long as wide,

gradually narrowed into the petiole 5 Spikes dense, globose; corolla whitish 9. collinum 5 Spikes lax, with 4-5 spikelets per cm; corolla reddishpurple 10. besseranum 3 Calyx-tube pubescent or hirsute 6 Bracts puberulent 5. tataricum 6 Bracts glabrous 7 Inner bract 3-5-4 mm 3. heldreichii 7 Inner bract more than 4 mm

8 Spikes lax, with 2-3 spikelets per cm; inner bract 7-10 mm

9 Leaves 0-5-1 cm wide; inner and outer bracts subequal

7. rubellum

9 Leaves O-l-O-5(-O-7) cm wide; outer bract b~b as long as the inner 8. graminifolium

8 Spikes dense, with 5-8 spikelets per cm; inner bract

5-6 mm

10 Inner bract with middle mucro much longer than the lateral; spikes with 8 spikelets per cm 4. dalmaticum

10 Inner bract with all mucros subequal; spikes with 5

spikelets per cm 6. tauricum