Centaurium erythraea subsp. rhodense

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 : 58

(e) Subsp. rhodense (Boiss. & Reuter) Melderis, loc. cit. (1972)

( Erythraea rhodensis Boiss. & Reuter , Centaurium limoniiforme W. Greuter):

Stem in the upper part and bracts scabrid. Cauline leaves narrowly elliptical, linear-oblong or linear-spathulate, acute, conspicuously decreasing upwards. Flowers pink, pedicellate (the central often sessile or subsessile), in a lax cyme. Calyx scabrid, (£-)£-> as long as the corolla-tube. Corollalobes usually 5-7 mm, narrowly elliptical, acute. 2« = 40. C. & E. parts o f the Mediterranean region;?S. W. Germany.