Fumana arabica, (L.) Spach

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 291

1. F. arabica (L.) Spach , Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2 (Bot.), 6: 359 (1836)

(inch F. viscidula (Steven) Juz. ).

Much-branched, laxly caespitose, up to 25 cm. Leaves 5-12 x 0-8-5 mm, alternate, ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acute, flat, glandular-pubescent to glabrescent (greyish when young in var. incanescens Hausskn. ); stipules short. Flowers 1-7, forming a distinct, lax, inflorescence. Capsules (6-)8- to 12-seeded; seeds reticulate-foveolate. 5. Europe, from Sardegna to Krym. Al?Bu Cr G r It Ju Rs (K) Sa Si. F. pinatzii Rech. fil. , Anzeig. Akad. fViss. (Wien) 93: 97 (1956), described from Evvoia , Greece, differs only by its 6-seeded capsules; plants of F. arabica from the Kikladhes sometimes have only 6 seeds.