Limonium cancellatum, (Bemh. ex Bertol.) O. Kuntze

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

20. L. cancellatum (Bemh. ex Bertol.) O. Kuntze , Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891)

( Statice cancellata Bemh. ex Bertol. ; incl. S. cordata sensu Hayek , non L.).

Plant 10-18(-28) cm, densely pubescent. Leaves 5-20, 15-27 x 3—5(—8) mm, spathulate, obtuse or emarginate, forming a lax rosette. Inflorescence reticulate, the branches mostly diverging at an angle of 90°-l 80°; non-flowering branches numerous. Spikes up to 2-5 cm, with 4-6 spikelets per cm; spikelets 1- to 2-flowered. Bracts with narrow hyaline margin; inner bract (3-)4m m; outer bract overlapping j- of the inner. Calyx c. 4-5 mm; limb £ as long as the tube. Corolla 5-5 mm. Rocks near the sea. • Coasts o f the Adriatic sea and W. Greece. G r It Ju.