Limonium laetum, (Nyman) 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 : 45

50. L. laetum (Nyman) Pignatti , loc. cit. (1971)

( Statice duriuscula subsp. laeta Nyman , S. laeta Moris , non Salisb.).

Plant 10-20 cm, glabrous, slightly rough. Leaves 20-25 x 2-3 mm, linear-spathulate, acute, 1-veined, on woody basal branches 3(—8) cm. Inflorescence dense, branched only in the upper half; non-flowering branches absent. Spikes 1-1-5 cm, with 8 contiguous spikelets per cm; spikelets 2-flowered. Inner bract c. 4-5 mm; outer bract overlapping of the inner. Calyx c. 4 mm; limb I as long as the tube. Corolla c. 6 mm. • Coast o f W. Sardegna. Sa.