Prasium majus, 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 : 137

1. P. majus L. , Sp. Pl. 601 (1753).

Stems up to 1 m, erect, divaricately branched, glabrous or glabrescent, rarely hirsute. Leaves 2-5 x 0-8-2 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenate or crenate-serrate, the lower cordate and the upper truncate at the base, usually glabrous; petiole 10-18 mm. Floral leaves like the cauline but smaller, or the upper entire. Calyx accrescent, up to 25 mm in fruit, glandular-puberulent or glabrous; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, aristate. Corolla 17-20 mm, white or lilac; upper lip oblong, obtuse; lower lip with the middle lobe largest. Nutlets 3-4 mm, ovoid-trigonous, black. In =34. Dry places, mainly near the sea. Mediterranean region, C. & S. Portugal. Al BI Co Cr G r Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.