Soldanella alpina, 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 : 24

4. S. alpina L. , Sp. Pl. 144 (1753) .

Petioles when young with sessile glands, becoming almost glabrous at maturity. Lamina up to 40 mm wide, orbicular-reniform, dark green on both sides, not concentrically rugose when dry; basal sinus wide and shallow, or lacking. Scape 5-15 cm, up to 30 cm in fruit, (l-)2- to 4-flowered; pedicels with sessile glands. Corolla 8-13(-15) mm, divided to | or more of its length, violet or blue-violet; lobes divided into 4-5(-6) linear lobules which are almost as long as the laciniae, so that the whole corolla appears to be uniformly incised. Filaments glabrous; staminal appendages J or less the length of the anther. Capsule-teeth rounded at apex. 2« = 40. Wet pastures and rocks, 450-3000 m. • Mountains of Europe, from the C. Pyrenees to Crna Gora, northwards to S.W. Germany (Schwarzwald) and southwards to Calabria. Al Au Ga Ge He Hs It Ju.