Eritrichium nanum, (L.) Schrader ex Gaudin

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 117

2. E. nanum (L.) Schrader ex Gaudin , FI. Helv. 2: 57 (1828).

Densely caespitose, villous. Stems 1-7-5 cm, simple, from a branched, woody stock. Leaves 4-10 x 1-5-4-5 mm, linearoblong to -spathulate. Inflorescence simple or branched, with 3-7(-10) flowers; pedicels 1-3 mm. Calyx 2-3 mm, scarcely accrescent. Corolla 5-7 mm; limb 7-9 mm in diameter, pinkishpurple at first, becoming bright blue or rarely whitish. Nutlets 1-2 xc. 2-5 mm, ovoid-trigonous; upper surface smooth, glabrous; margin with a narrow, dentate wing; sides making an obtuse angle at the point of attachment of the nutlet. Rocks and open, stony ground, usually above 2500 m. C. & S. Alps; E. & S. Carpathians. Au Ga He It Ju Rm?Rs (W).