Goniolimon speciosum, (L.) 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 : 50

2. G. speciosum (L.) Boiss. , loc. cit. (1848).

Stems 10-50 cm, stout, subangular. Leaves 3-8 x 1-3 cm, obovate to obcuneate, obtuse, mucronate. Scales 1-2 cm. Spikes 1-2 cm, globose, dense; spikelets 3- to 4-flowered. Inner bract 2-fid, rarely entire; outer bract 7-8 mm, usually puberulent, with wide, hyaline margin. Calyx 7-8 mm; lobes wider than long, or obscure. Corolla reddish-purple. E. Russia, from c. 51° to 57° N. Rs (C, E). (N. & C. Asia.)