Saponaria sicula, Rafin.

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 : 185

6. S. sicula Rafin. , Speech. Sci. 2: 7 (1814).

Caespitose perennial; stems glabrous below. Leaves 1-4 cm, narrowly spathulate to linear-oblanceolate, 1-veined. Inflorescence usually with alternate branches; branches, pedicels and calyx hairy. Calyx 20-30 mm, reddish-tinged, becoming somewhat inflated; teeth triangular, acute or acuminate. Limb of petal 5-8 mm, bifid, red. Sicilia; N. & C. Balkan peninsula. Al Bu G r Si.

1 Calyx pubescent, eglandular (b) subsp. intermedia

1 Calyx glandular-pubescent

2 Flowering stems 50-60 cm, mostly more than 8-flowered; inflorescence-branches glandular-hispid (c) subsp. stranjensis

2 Flowering stems 5-25 cm, 2- to 8-flowered; inflorescencebranches glandular-pubescent (a) subsp. sicula