Armeria cariensis, Boiss.

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 : 38

43. A. cariensis Boiss. in DC., Prodr. 12: 677 (1848).

Herb; stock short. Leaves dimorphic, linear, acute, with very narrow scarious margins, glabrous; outer 5 0x 3 mm, flat; inner 7 0x 1 mm. Scapes 20-35 cm, straight, glabrous. Sheath c. 22 mm. Capitula c. 22 mm wide; outer involucral bracts shorter than the inner, acuminate, with narrow scarious margins; inner with wide scarious margins, mucronate or muticous. Spikelets long- stipitate; bract shorter than calyx, scarious; bracteoles welldeveloped. Calyx 10-12 mm; tube hirsute on primary ribs, rarely also on secondary ones; awns 0-7-2 mm. Corolla white or pinkish. N.E. Greece (Thraki, between Arvas and Aisymi). Gr. (W. Anatolia.)