Scilla obtusifolia, Poiret

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 43

16. S. obtusifolia Poiret , Voy. Barb. 2: 149 (1789).

Like 15 but stems 10-30 cm, 3-4 times as long as the leaves; leaves 2-5, 3-4 cmx 5—10(—25) mm, patent to recurved, linear-lanceolate, flat, papillose-hispid at the margin. Dry grassland and scrub. N.E. Spain and islands of W. Mediterranean region. BI Co Hs Sa Si. The European plants belong to the endemic subsp. intermedia (Guss.) McNeill , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 76: 357 (1978); subsp. obtusifolia , from Morocco and Algeria, is more robust, with leaves 8-20 cm x 10-25 mm and 20- to 60-flowered racemes.