Limonium minutum

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 : 43

31. L. minutum (L.) Fourr. , Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon nov. ser., 17: 141 (1869)

( Statice minuta L. ).

Plant 3-14 cm, usually glabrous. Leaves 8-10 x 2-3 mm, spathulate, revolute, bullate, 1 -veined, in cushion-like rosettes at apex of somewhat woody branches 1-2 cm. Inflorescence 2-12 cm; branches smooth, with straight, rigid segments diverging at an acute angle; nonflowering branches few to numerous; scales 3-5 mm. Lateral spikes 0-5-1 cm, irregularly subglobose, the apical 2-3 cm, with 6-7 spikelets per cm; spikelets 1 - to 4-flowered. Bracts with narrow hyaline margin; inner bract 3 -5-4 mm, acute; outer bract up to 2 mm, slightly overlapping the base of the inner. Calyx 5-5-5 mm; limb f as long as the tube. Calcareous maritime cliffs. • S.E. France. Ga.

Densely pubescent plants recorded from Martigues possibly result from introgression with 23.