Chaenorhinum minus, (L.) Lange

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 : 226

10. C. minus (L.) Lange in Willk. & Lange, Prodr. FI. Hisp. 2: 577 (1870)

( Linaria minor (L.) Desf. ).

Annual, usually glandularpubescent; stems up to 40 cm. Leaves 5-35 x 1—5(—8) mm, linear to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Pedicels 3-20 mm in fruit, erect or ascending. Calyx 2-5 mm; lobes linear-spathulate, obtuse. Corolla 5-9 mm; spur 1-5-2-5 mm, more or less cylindrical, obtuse. Capsule 3-6 mm. Seeds 0-5-1 mm, with smooth or minutely denticulate ribs. M ost o f Europe, but doubtfully native in much o f the north. All except Az BI?Co Fa Is Sa?Si Sb. 1 Calyx 2-2-5 mm; corolla 5 mm, pale yellow (c) subsp. idaeum

1 Calyx 3-5 mm; corolla 6-9 mm, lilac with yellow palate

2 Pedicels 3-9 mm in fruit; capsule subglobose, usually shorter than calyx; seeds c. 1 mm (b) subsp. litorale

2 Pedicels (5-)8-20 mm in fruit; capsule oblong-ovoid, about equalling calyx; seed O-5-O-8 mm (a) subsp. minus