Moehringia sedifolia, Willd.

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 : 125

18. M. sedifolia Willd. , Ges. Nat. Freunde Berlin Mag. 2: 101 (1808)

( M. dasyphylla Bruno ex Gren. & Godron. ).

Glabrous, glaucous perennial with weak stems, laxly caespitose trailing up to 25 cm. Leaves usually 5-10 mm, linear, or or somewhat fleshy, veinless. Flowers 4-merous, solitary in few-flowered cymes; pedicels 3-6 times as long as sepals, slender. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute or sub-obtuse, obscurely 3-veined; petals usually exceeding sepals. Strophiole prominent, laciniate. Rock fissures. • S.E. France, N. W. Italy. G a It.

Very variable, particularly in habit, colour, succulence and length of leaves; but, while some variants approach 20, the two species are readily distinguished by the relative prominence of their strophioles.

Although it has been confused with 15, M. sedifolia is distinguished from it by its more robust habit and fleshy leaves.