Limonium caesium, (Girard) O. Kuntze

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 : 41

7. L. caesium (Girard) O. Kuntze , loc. cit. (1891)

( Statice caesia Girard ).

Leaves spathulate, l (-3)-veined. Inflorescence 20-60 cm; non-flowering branches 5-15 cm, 2 mm in diameter, white, often farinose, rigid; scales 2-3 mm, the upper white. Spikes c. 1 cm; spikelets 1 -flowered. Inner bract c. 2- 5 mm; outer bract c. 0- 5 mm. Calyx 4-5-5 mm, exceeding inner bract by 2-3 mm. Corolla 7-8 mm, pinkish; tube shorter than the calyx; limb 5-7 mm in diameter. 2« = 16. Dry places. • S.E. Spain. Hs.