Paronychia capitata, (L.) Lam.

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 : 150

11. P. capitata (L.) Lam. , FI. Fr. 3: 229 (1778)

( P. nivea DC. , P. euboea Beauverd & Top. ).

Laxly caespitose perennial; stems up to 15 cm, much-branched. Leaves 3-6 mm, oblong-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acute, pubescent, ciliate, greyish-green. Flower-clusters c. 10 mm, conspicuous; bracts 6-10 mm, greatly exceeding and concealing the flowers. Calyx 2-5-3-5 mm; lobes very unequal, the shortest as long as the longest. S. Europe. BI Co Cr G a G r Hs It Sa Si.

P. macrosepala Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 1 (3): 11 (1843) is usually treated as a separate species but can scarcely be distinguished from 11, and requires further investigation. It appears to differ from 11 in the leaves being ovate or oblong, in the bracts being 5-7 mm, not much exceeding and scarcely concealing the flowers, and in having slightly wider calyx-lobes. It occurs in the E. Mediterranean region and Sicilia.