Centaurium maritimum, (L.) Fritsch

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 : 59

14. C. maritimum (L.) Fritsch , M itt. Naturw. Ver. Wien 5: 97 (1907)

( Erythraea maritima (L.) Pers. ).

Annual or biennial 10-20 cm, with a caducous basal leaf-rosette. Stem solitary, simple or branched above. Leaves 0-6-2 x 0-3-0-6 cm, ellipticoblong, increasing in length upwards. Flowers 20-25 mm, yellow, rarely tinged with purple, pedicellate. Calyx | as long to nearly as long as the corolla-tube. Corolla-lobes elliptical, subacute. Stamens inserted at the apex or in the upper f ( var. shuttleworthianum (Rouy) Melderis ) of the corolla-tube. 2« = 20. Sandy or grassy places, usually near the sea. S. & W. Europe, northwards to N.W. France. Al Az BI Bu Co Cr Ga G r Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.