Lychnis alpina, 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 : 157

7. L. alpina L. , Sp. Pl. 436 (1753)

( Viscaria alpina (L.) G. Don fil. ).

Caespitose, glabrous, with ciliate leaf-bases; stems 5-15 cm, simple, not viscid. Basal leaves crowded, linear-subspathulate to linear; cauline usually 2-3 pairs, often wider. Inflorescence (6-) 10- to 20-flowered, more or less capitate, rarely elongate. Calyx (3-)4-5 mm. Petal-limb pale purple, rarely white, bifid to about half-way. Capsule c. 4 mm; carpophore 2 mm or less. Some flowers are large and hermaphrodite, some small and usually with abortive stamens. 2« = 24. N. Europe, southwards to 56° N; Alps; Pyrenees; Appennini (one locality). Au Br Fe G a He Hs Is It N o Rs (C, N) Su.