Limonium sinuatum, (L.) Miller

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 : 40

1. L. sinuatum (L.) Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 6 (1768)

( Statice sinuata L. ).

Perennial 20-40 cm. Leaves 30-100 x c. 15 mm, with 4-7 rounded lobes on each side, hispid. Flowering stems with 3-4 wings; wings 1-3 mm wide, sometimes narrower. Inflorescence compact. Spikes dense; wing 15 x 4 mm, 3-dentate; spikelets 2-flowered. Inner bract 7 mm, with 2-3 pungent, apical spines. Calyx 10-12 mm; tube c. 7 mm, glabrous; limb c. 4 mm, entire, white or pale violet. Corolla yellowish or pink, purple when dry. Dry, sandy places. Mediterranean region, S. Portugal. Al BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.