Corrigiola litoralis, L.

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 : 149

1. C. litoralis L. , Sp. Pl. 271 (1753) .

Annual, glaucous, with slender tap-root and decumbent stems up to 25 cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, entire; stipules small, scarious. Inflorescence with leafy bracts at base of branches; flowers in dense terminal and axillary cymose clusters. Sepals c. 1 mm, slightly longer than whitish petals. Fruit 1-1-5 mm. 2«= 18. On seasonally wet, sandy ground, often impermanent. W., C. & S. Europe; occasional as a casual elsewhere. Au Be Br Bu Co Cr Cz *Da G a Ge G r He Ho Hs It Ju Lu Po Rs (W) Sa Si Tu.