Alkanna lutea, DC.

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 : 96

9. A. lutea DC. , Prodr. 10: 102 (1846).

Setose-hispid, glandular-pubescent annual; stems 30-80 cm, erect or ascending. Basal leaves not developed; lower cauline 2-7 x 0-7-1-2 cm, elliptical to elliptic-lanceolate. Bracts at least twice as long as calyx, elliptical to elliptic-lanceolate. Calyx 5-6 mm in flower, 6-8 mm in fruit. Corolla yellow, glabrous outside; tube nearly twice as long as calyx; limb 5-7 mm in diameter. Nutlets 2-5 mm in diameter, scrobiculate-tuberculate. In = 28. Dry, stony places. • W. Mediterranean region. BI Co Ga Hs It?Lu Sa.