Arenaria purpurascens, Ramond ex DC.

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 : 118

6. A. purpurascens Ramond ex DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Fr. ed. 3,4: 785 (1805).

Perennial; stems 4-10 cm, diffuse, ascending, glabrous with distinct scale-leaves towards base; puberulent with deflexed hairs, branched and leafy in upper part. Leaves 5-10 mm, elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, strongly 1-veined, glabrous, ciliate at base. Flowers 2-4 in rather dense clusters, rarely solitary; pedicels usually equalling sepals, pubescent, erect in fruit. Sepals 4-5-6-5 mm, lanceolate, acute, 3- to 5-veined, glabrous; petals l |- 2 times as long as sepals, oblong, palepurplish or white. Capsule 1j -2 times as long as sepals, cylindrical. Damp rocky places on mountains. • Pyrenees; Cordillera Cantàbrica. G a Hs.