Cerinthe glabra, 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 : 94

2. C. glabra Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 2 (1768).

Perennial or biennial; stems 15-50 cm. Lower leaves oblong-cuneate, petiolate; the upper ovate, cordate at base, sessile. Cymes very long in fruit; bracts cordate. Calyx-lobes obtuse, glabrous or slightly ciliate. Corolla 8-13 x 3-4 mm, not more than twice as long as calyx, yellow, usually with 5 dark red spots in the throat; lobes ovate, sharply recurved at apex. Nutlets blackish. Usually in damp or shady places; somewhat calcicole. C. & S. Europe, from the Jura and Carpathians to the Pyrenees, S. Appennini and S. W. Bulgaria. Al Au Bu Co Cz Ga Ge He?Hs It Ju Po Rm.

1 Leaves tuberculate; peduncles curved (b) subsp. tenuiflora

1 Leaves almost smooth; peduncles straight

2 Rosette-leaves persistent at flowering time; calyx-lobes lanceolate; anthers included (a) subsp. glabra

2 Rosette-leaves withered at flowering time; calyx-lobes ovate; anthers exserted (c) subsp. smithiae