Limonium ramosissimum subsp. siculum, 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 : 47

(d) Subsp. siculum Pignatti , loc. cit. (1971):

Leaves up to 60 x 15 mm, oblanceolate-spathulate, gradually narrowed into the petiole. Inflorescence 30-50 cm, the lowest branches non-flowering; scales 3-12 mm. Spikes 1-1-5 cm; spikelets 2(-3)-flowered, incurved. Inner bract c. 5-5 mm. Calyx 5-6 mm; limb as long as the tube. • S. coast o f Sicilia.

This subspecies is similar to 56, but the leaves are wider, distinctly 3-veined, glaucous and persistent in summer, while the spikes are short and dense (3-7 spikelets per cm), with an incurved secund axis.