Sagina subulata, (Swartz) C. Presi

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 147

6. S. subulata (Swartz) C. Presi , FI. Sic. 158 (1826).

Perennial, mat-forming, with short non-flowering main stem and numerous decumbent then erect or ascending flowering stems 2—7-5(—12-5) cm. All stems with basal rosettes of linear leaves 0-5-1-5 cm; cauline leaves narrowed to an aristate apex, the arista |- 1 1 times as long as the maximum leaf-width. Flowers usually solitary, 5-merous; pedicels 2-4 cm, filiform, glandularhairy at least above, rarely glabrous. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, usually glandular; petals about equalling the sepals; stamens 10. Ripe capsule 3 mm, slightly exceeding the appressed sepals. 2/7=22. Dry, sandy, gravelly or rocky places. W. & C. Europe; S. Europe eastwards to S. Italy and C. Greece. Al Au Be BrCoCzDaFaGaGeGrHbHeHoHsHuIsItJuLuNo Po Rm Sa Si Su. Variable. Short-lived ( ?annual ) dwarf variants, var. pygmaea Samp , (coast of Portugal) and var. gracilis Fouc. & E. Simon primus (S. France and Corse), need further investigation. S. revelieri Jordan & Fourr. , Brev. Pl. Nov. 1:1 1 (1866), from Corse, with petals up to 11 times as long as the sepals, and basal leaves up to 2 cm, may merit subspecific rank.