Helichrysum saxatile, Moris

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 130

9. H. saxatile Moris , FI. Sard. 2: 387 (1840-1843).

Aromatic. Stems 15-60 cm, not or slightly angular. Lower leaves 20-70 mm, linear-spathulate to linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, tomentose on both surfaces or glabrescent and greenish above. Inflorescence 2-10 cm across; involucre 4-5 mm in diameter, cylindriccampanulate, later widening; bracts fairly closely imbricate, obtuse, the inner not more than 3 times as long as the outer, the outer ovate, coriaceous throughout or scarious above, the inner narrower and more completely scarious. Achenes minutely papillose. Calcareous rocks and cliffs. • Sardegna', Pantelleria. Sa Si.