Tozzia alpina, L.

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 : 257

1. T. alpina L. , Sp. Pl. 607 (1753).

Rhizome covered by fleshy, whitish, ovate, imbricate scales. Stems up to 50 cm, erect, branched, 4-angled, usually hairy on the angles. Leaves 10-25 mm, ovate, sessile, rather fleshy, usually coarsely serrate or crenate near the base. Racemes numerous, short; pedicels short, filiform, elongating in fruit. Calyx 1-5-3 mm, campanulate; teeth short and broad, often obscure. Corolla 4-10 mm, yellow, spotted with purple inside; upper lip erect, lower patent. Anthers apiculate at base. Damp places, among coarse herbs, mostly from 1000 to 2250 m; somewhat calcicole. • Mountains o f Europe, from the Jura and the Carpathians southwards to the Pyrenees, N. Appennini and Bulgaria. Au Bu Cz G a Ge He Hs It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).