Limonium ramosissimum, (Poiret) Maire

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

60. L. ramosissimum (Poiret) Maire , Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 27: 244 (1936)

( Statice globulariifolia Desf. ).

Plant 20-50 cm. Leaves 30-100 x 7-20 mm, obovate- to oblanceolatespathulate or subspathulate, 1- to 5-veined. Inflorescence 20-50 cm; scales 3-20 mm, often leaf-like. Spikes 1-4 cm, rather dense, with 4-8 spikelets per cm; spikelets 2- to 5-flowered. Inner bract 4-5-5 mm, with reddish-brown margin, sometimes hyaline near apex; outer bract overlapping up to | of the inner. Calyx 4-6 mm; tube subcylindrical, often incurved; limb cupuliform. Corolla 5-7 mm, pale pink. Salt-marshes. Mediterranean region. BI Co Ga G r Hs It Sa Si.

Subsp. ramosissimum occurs in Algeria. 1 Leaves rounded at apex; scales 11-20 mm, often leaf-like

(a) subsp. confusimi 1 Leaves acute or obtuse; scales 3-12 mm, never leaf-like 2 Leaves obovate-spathulate to subspathulate, abruptly contracted into the petiole (e) subsp. doerfleri 2 Leaves oblanceolate-spathulate, gradually narrowed into the petiole 3 Non-flowering branches absent; spikes up to 4 cm

(b) subsp. provinciale 3 Non-flowering branches present; spikes up to 2 cm 4 Non-flowering branches few; inner bract and calyx 4-4-5

mm (c) subsp. tommasinii 4 Non-flowering branches numerous; inner bract and calyx

5-6 mm (d) subsp. siculum