Moehringia intricata, Willk.

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 : 124

5. M. intricata Willk. , Linnaea 25: 14 (1852).

Glabrous perennial with caespitose, profusely branched stems up to 20 cm, fragile, woody below. Leaves usually broadly spathulate, at least twice as long as wide, distinctly petiolate, 1-veined; older leaves somewhat fleshy and glaucous; petioles short. Cymes lax, many-flowered; flowers 5-merous; pedicels 3-8 times as long as the sepals, slender, erect. Sepals 2-5-3 mm, oblong-lanceolate, with wide scarious margins, obscurely 3-veined; petals twice as long as sepals, obovate-cuneate. Seeds somewhat rugose. Limestone crevices and caves. • S.E. Spain. Hs.