Lithodora fruticosa, (L.) Griseb.

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 : 88

2. L. fruticosa (L.) Griseb. , Spied. FI. Rumel. 2: 531 (1846)

( Lithospermum fruticosum L. ).

Caespitose dwarf shrub 15- 60 cm; branches erect, tortuous, the oldest dark grey, the younger whitish-setose. Leaves up to 23 x 1-2-5(-3-5) mm, oblong-linear or linear, obtuse, those of the current year concolorous, whitish and appressed-setulose on both surfaces, the older coriaceous, patently tuberculate-hispid mainly on the strongly revolute margin and on the veins beneath. Calyx c. 6 mm, hispid. Corolla 12-15 mm, purplish-violet or blue, sparsely setulose on the lobes outside. Anthers 2-5-3 mm. Nutlets c. 4 x 2 mm, ovoid, strongly constricted just above the base, whitish, striate. 2« = 28. Dry ground; calcicole. S., C. & E. Spain, S. France. Ga Hs.