Arenaria pungens, Clemente ex Lag.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 119

12. A. pungens Clemente ex Lag. , Gen. Sp. Nov. 15 (1816).

Perennial, forming dense spiny cushions; stems 10-20 cm, branched, viscid-puberulent at least above. Leaves c. 15-30 mm, linear-subulate, subtriquetrous, very stiff and spiny, patent, at least the upper puberulent. Stems l (-3)-flowered; pedicels c. 2-3 times as long as sepals, viscid-puberulent. Sepals 6-13 mm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, stiff, spiny, viscid-puberulent; petals shorter than sepals, white, oblong-obovate. Capsule shorter than sepals, ovoid. Dry screes from c. 1900 to 3000 m. S. Spain (Sierra Nevada). Hs. (Morocco.)