Onosma fastigiata

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 : 92

13. O. fastigiata (Br.-Bl.) Br.-Bl. ex Lacaita , Nuovo Gior. Bot. Ital. nov. ser., 31: 30 (1924).

Caespitose biennial, usually with several flowering stems; stems 10-30 cm, branched, puberulent and patent-setose, the setae 1-5-2 mm. Lower leaves 50-100x4-8 mm, oblong, often with stellate setae 1-5-2 mm, with rays 0-1-0-2 mm. Inflorescence branched; pedicels 0-2 mm; bracts equalling calyx. Calyx 10-15 mm in flower, 16-25 mm in fruit. Corolla 16-22 mm, pale yellow, sparsely puberulent, l |- 2 times as long as calyx. Nutlets c. 3 mm, smooth. • C. & S. France, N. W. Italy. Ga It.

O. echioides var. catalaunica Sennen , from N.E. Spain, appears to be intermediate in most characters between 7(b) and 13. It is like 13 but with the stem up to 45 cm, with setae 2-4 mm, corolla 15-16 mm, glabrous, and nutlets 3-4-5 mm, sometimes with 2 minute lateral horns.