Kleinia mandraliscae, Tineo

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 : 205

1. K. mandraliscae Tineo , Ann. Agric. Sic. ser. 2, 3: 315 (1855).

Glabrous, pruinose perennial up to 150 cm. Stems erect, branched, stout, fleshy. Leaves 7-15 x 0-8-1 -3 cm, usually crowded towards base of stem, terete, fusiform, very fleshy, with a long mucro. Capitula 5-9 mm in diameter, in a compound corymb or panicle. Involucre 9-12 mm, with 2-5 supplementary bracts. Isole Lipari. *Si.

The origin of this plant is uncertain and it may be a garden hybrid.

K. ficoides (L.) Haw. , Syn. Pl. Succ. 313 (1812), from South Africa, which has been reported as naturalized in N.W. Spain, is like 1 but its leaves are more or less compressed and ensiform rather than fusiform. Similar plants but with small, slightly compressedleaves 4-7 x 0-2-0-5 cm are perhaps becoming naturalized in Açores (Faial), where they are cultivated for ornament; they are probably referable to K. aizoides DC. , Prodr. 6: 337 (1838), also from South Africa.