Armeria denticulata, (Bertol.) DC.

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 : 33-34

7. A. denticulata (Bertol.) DC. , Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 7 (1813).

Herb; stock shortly branched. Leaves linear, acuminate,

subobtuse, muticous, with narrow scarious margins, dimorphic; outer 15-40 x 1-2-1-5(-2) mm, undulate-denticulate, otherwise flat; inner 3O-7O(-13O) x 0-7-1 mm, usually flat. Scapes 25- 35 cm, straight or slightly arcuate, glabrous. Sheath 10-15 mm. Capitula 10-12 mm wide; involucral bracts with wide scarious margins; outer longer than the inner, long-acuminate-cuspidate; inner obtuse, mucronate or muticous. Spikelets subsessile; bract shorter than calyx. Calyx 4-5-Ó-5 mm; tube hirsute on ribs; awns 0-5-0-8 mm, dark purplish. Corolla white. Serpentine rocks. • C. Italy (Toscana). It.