Centranthus ruber, (L.) 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 : 55

1. C. ruber (L.) DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Fr. ed. 3, 4: 239 (1805).

Stems 30-80 cm, ascending, usually branched. Leaves 30-80(-120)x(5-)10-50(-60) mm, mostly lanceolate to ovate, obtuse to acuminate, patent, the uppermost sometimes irregularly dentate, amplexicaul. Partial inflorescences several, mostly oblong. Corolla red, pink or white; tube (5—)7—10(—11) mm; spur (2—)5—10(—12) mm. Walls and rocky places. Mediterranean region, Portugal', cultivated for ornament and widely naturalized elsewhere. Al BI Co Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu?Sa Si Tu [Au Az Be Br Cr Ge Hb He Rs (K)].