Myricaria germanica, (L.) Desv.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 294

1. M. germanica (L.) Desv. , Ann. Sci. Nat. 4: 349 (1825).

Glabrous shrub 60-250 cm, with erect branches. Leaves 2-5 mm, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, sessile, somewhat glaucous, closely imbricate on young shoots. Racemes (2-)4-12(-25) x 1 cm, sometimes branched at the base, usually terminal on the main branches, but sometimes terminating short lateral twigs, or sessile on the woody shoots of the previous year. Bracts 5-7(-10) mm, broadly ovate to narrowly oblong, obtuse, acute or longacuminate, with broad, scarious margin below. Sepals c. 4 mm, lanceolate; petals 5-6 mm, pink; stamens 10. Capsule 8-11 mm, narrowly pyramidal. 2n = 24. River-gravels and other open habitats. Mainly in C. Europe and Fennoscandia, but extending to the Pyrenees and E. Spain, C. Italy and S. Ukraine, with an outlyingstation on the Lower Volga.?A1 Au Cz Fe Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (W, K, E) Su.

Var. bracteosa Franchet ( M. alopecuroides Schrenk ), which has long-acuminate bracts with patent apex, occurs sporadically throughout the range of the species. M. squamosa Desv. , Ann. Sci. Nat. 4: 350 (1825), appears simply to designate plants with late-developing, sessile, lateral racemes, which usually have narrow, obtuse bracts and persistent bud-scales at the base.