Laurentia gasparrinii, (Tineo) Strobl

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 : 102

1. L. gasparrinii (Tineo) Strobl , Flora (Regensb.) 66: 547 (1883)

( L. michelii A. DC. ).

Slender, glabrous or puberulent annual or perennial up to 25 cm. Leaves obovate to oblong-spathulate, crenulate or entire, in a basal rosette in perennial plants. Flowers 4-11 mm; pedicels with 1-2 bracteoles near the middle. Corolla blue, lilac or white. Mediterranean region, Portugal. BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Lu Sa Si Tu.

Annual and perennial plants have been regarded as different species, but none of the morphological differences between them seems to be constant. Perennial plants ( L. tenella A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 7: 410 (1839)) are commoner in the eastern than in the western part of the range of the species, though both occur together on the islands.