Conringia Adanson

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 334

84. Conringia Adanson 1

Glabrous annuals. Leaves simple, glaucous. Inflorescence a raceme. Inner sepals saccate; petals pale yellow. Fruit a siliqua; valves 1 - or 3 -veined; style short, stigma slightly 2-lobed. Seeds in 1 row in each loculus.

Literature: O. E. Schulz in Engler, Pflanzenreich 84 (IV. 105): 84-94 (1923).

Valves of the siliqua 1 -veined; petals (7—)8—13 mm 1. orientalis Valves of the siliqua 3-veined; petals 6-8(-10) mm 2. austriaca