Antirrhinum siculum, Miller

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 : 223

12. A. siculum Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 6 (1768).

Perennial herb, glabrous except for glandular-pubescent inflorescence. Stems 20-60 cm, erect, freely branched, often with many of the branches represented by short, axillary tufts of leaves. Leaves 20-60 x 2-6 mm, linear to narrowly elliptical, opposite below, alternate above. Lower bracts transitional to foliage-leaves, the upper c. 5 mm, about equalling pedicels. Calyx-lobes 5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, subacute. Corolla 17-25 mm, pale yellow, rarely veined with red. Capsule 10-12 mm, ovoid, glandular-pubescent. Rocks and walls. • Sicilia, Malta,?S. W. Italy; cultivatedfor ornament and naturalized elsewhere in Mediterranean region. *It Si [?Cr Ga Hs].