Limonium johannis, Pignatti

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 : 42

22. L. johannis Pignatti , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 64: 362 (1971).

Plant 15-25 cm. Leaves 2 0-50x6-9 mm. Inflorescence pyramidal, with numerous non-flowering and few flowering branches; branches pubescent, erect or erecto-patent, diverging at an acute angle. Spikes rudimentary or 1-2 cm, scorpioid, lax, with 2-4 spikelets per cm; spikelets (l-)2-flowered. Bracts with narrow hyaline margin; inner bract 3-3-5 mm; outer bract overlapping j of the inner. Calyx 4-5-5 mm; tube not longer than the limb. Corolla 5-6 mm. Volcanic maritime cliffs. • S. W. Italy, Sicilia. It Si.