Soldanella villosa, Darracq

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 : 24

10. S. villosa Darracq , Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 16, Mélanges'. 2 (1850).

Rhizome long and stolon-like. Petioles densely covered with slender, persistent glandular hairs 0 -8-1 -6 mm; stalks of the hairs 10-15 times longer than the head; cells of the stalk 3-6 times as long as wide. Lamina up to 7 cm wide, rather thin, orbicular or orbicular-reniform, more or less entire, pale green, not violet beneath; basal sinus narrow. Scape 10-30 cm, usually 3- to 4-flowered, densely hairy; hairs 0-4-1 mm. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, up to 2-5 mm wide, 3-veined. Corolla 10-16 (-18) mm, violet, divided to of its length; lobes divided to more than j their length into 3-5 lobules. Filaments more or less densely glandular-hairy; staminal appendages up to j the length of the anthers. Damp, shady places in the foothills on siliceous, base-rich soils. • W. Pyrenees. Ga Hs.