Herniaria hirsuta, L.

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 : 152

11. H. hirsuta L. , Sp. Pl. 218 (1753) .

Annual; stems slender, usually with regularly alternating branches, with patent hairs. Leaves elliptical to oblanceolate, covered with stiff hairs, or the older sometimes only ciliate; stipules ciliate. Flowers 1-1-5 mm, sessile, in dense clusters which are leaf-opposed or contiguous on short branches. Sepals densely hairy; perigynous zone subglabrous. 2« = 36. C. & S. Europe; sometimes casual elsewhere. Al Au *Be BI Bu Co Cr Cz G a Ge G r He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (W) Sa Si Tu [Br Ho], Plants with long stout hairs on the calyx, giving a greyish-white appearance, occur commonly in the Mediterranean region and are often distinguished as H. cinerea DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Fr. ed. 3, 5: 375 (1815), but plants with shorter hairs occur throughout the range, and all intermediate conditions are found.