Limonium aragonense, (Debeaux) Pignatti

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 : 44

35. L. aragonense (Debeaux) Pignatti , Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 6: 301 (1962)

( Statice aragonensis Debeaux ).

Like 33 but leafy basal branches 1-3 cm; leaves 10 x 0-5—1 mm, linear, acute, 1-veined; non-flowering branches few or almost absent; spikes with 5-6 spikelets per cm; spikelets 2- to 3-flowered; inner bract c. 2-8 mm; calyx c. 3 mm, the limb £ - | as long as the tube. Gypsaceous soils. • E. Spain (prov. Teruel). Hs. (36-40). L. cosyrense group. Plant (10-)15-50 cm, glabrous, usually smooth, often with woody basal branches. Leaves linear-spathulate, flat to convolute, 1-veined, in dense basal rosettes. Inflorescence with numerous non-flowering branches. Spikes 1-5 cm, with 3-5 spikelets per cm. Bracts with narrow hyaline margin; inner bract 3-5-4-3 mm, shorter than the calyx, acute, with midrib excurrent in conspicuous acute point. Corolla c. 8 mm.

37-38 are represented by many local variants scattered on small islands and rocky slopes along the W. coast of Italy.

1 Calyx-limb f as long to as long as the tube 2 Calyx-lobes 0-6-0-8 mm, obtuse 38. multiforme 2 Calyx-lobes 1-2 mm, acute 40. anfractum 1 Calyx-limb j - j as long as the tube 3 Inflorescence-segments very fragile , dark when dry 39. bocconei 3 Inflorescence-segments not fragile , greenish 4 Leaves flat or with slightly revolute margin; calyx c. 4 mm, the lobes c. 0-8 mm 36. cosyrense 4 Leaves with revolute margin or entirely convolute; calyx 4-5 mm, the lobes 1-1-5 mm 37. pontium