Buglossoides arvensis subsp. gasparrinii, (Heldr. ex Guss.) R. Fernandes

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 87

(c) Subsp. gasparrinii (Heldr. ex Guss.) R. Fernandes , loc. cit. (1971)

( Lithospermum gasparrinii Heldr. ex Guss. , L. incrassatum Guss. ):

Stems 1-5—17(—45) cm, usually numerous, the central erect, the others procumbent or ascending, densely leafy, densely hispid. Cauline leaves 1-5-4(-6) mm wide, linear or oblong. Pedicels obliquely davate. Receptacle very oblique. Corolla 4-6-5(-8) mm, usually blue or blue-violet. Nutlets 1-5-2-5 x (1-)1-5-2 mm, contracted into a short beak. Mountain grassland. Mediterranean region.