Sibthorpia europaea, L.

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 : 252

1. S. europaea L. , Sp. Pl. 631 (1753)

( S. africana auct., non L.).

Stems up to 40 cm, slender, usually rather sparingly branched and far-creeping. Leaves 8-25 mm wide, reniform to orbicular, crenate, with 7-13 usually truncate crenations, more or less pubescent with hairs less than 1 mm; petiole (3-)5-40(-120) mm. Flowers solitary in leaf-axils; pedicel 1—5(—12) mm, straight. Corolla and calyx (4-)5-lobed; corolla 1 - 5-2- 5 mm in diameter, white or cream, more or less tinged with pink, especially on lower lobes; lobes slightly unequal. Stamens (3-)4-5, the number variable on a single plant. Seeds 0-5 mm. 2n= 18. Damp, shady places. W. Europe, northwards to 52°N. in Britain; mountains of Greece and Kriti. Az Br Cr Ga Gr Hb Hs Lu.