Edraianthus dalmaticus, (A. DC.) A. DC.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 99

4. E. dalmaticus (A. DC.) A. DC. , loc. cit. (1839).

Stems 3-7 cm, ascending to erect, glabrous, simple. Basal leaves (1O-)3O-5O(-1OO) x 20-30(-40) mm, linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile, subamplexicaul, usually long-ciliate at the base, glabrous; cauline few, like the basal but smaller. Bracts broadly ovate, linear-attenuate, the outer up to twice as long as the flowers, ciliate, glabrous. Flowers (3-)4-6(-10), subsessile. Ovary glabrous, very rarely sparsely hairy; calyx-teeth broadly triangular, ciliate, much shorter than the ovary, not appendiculate. Corolla 15-20 mm, blue-violet, glabrous. • W. Jugoslavia. Ju.