Solenanthus apenninus, (L.) Fischer & C. A. Meyer

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 : 121

3. S. apenninus (L.) Fischer & C. A. Meyer , Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 11: 306 (1838).

Biennial 60-120 cm. Basal leaves 30-50 x 5—9(—12) cm, elliptical to broadly lanceolate, with 3-6 lateral veins; cauline leaves smaller, the lower ovate-elliptical to elliptical, the upper narrowly obovate to attenuate, cuneate to amplexicaul-auriculate at base. Pedicels 8 mm, elongating in fruit. Calyx 8-10 mm; lobes accrescent, lanceolate. Corolla 7-9 mm, with invaginations at or below the middle; lobes obovate, obtuse. Stamens equalling or scarcely exceeding

corolla; filaments 8-10 mm. Nutlets 6-8 mm, sparsely glochidiate. Mountain woods and pastures. • C. & S. Italy, Sicilia.?A1?Gr It Si.