Cynoglossum creticum, Miller

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 : 120

5. C. creticum Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3 (1768)

( C. pictum Aiton ).

Biennial. Stems (20-)30-60 cm, hirsute to tomentose. Cauline leaves oblong to lanceolate, shortly petiolate to amplexicaul, densely hairy on both surfaces. Cymes ebracteate. Calyx-lobes 6-8 mm, oblong, hirsute. Corolla 7-9 mm, deep blue, with distinct reticulate venation; tube broadly infundibuliform; limb about as long as tube, divided to c. I, the lobes glabrous. Stamens inserted in lower part of tube. Nutlets 5-7 mm in diameter, ovoid, without a distinct border; external face convex, densely and unequally glochidiate. 2« = 24. Open, usually dry habitats. S. Europe, extending northwards to N.C. France. Al Az BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu?Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.