Lygos raetam, (Forskal) Heywood
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3. L. raetam (Forskâl) Heywood View in CoL , Feddes Repert. 79: 53 (1968)
( Rétama raetam (Forskâl) Webb & Berth. ).
Stems up to 2 m, erect, much-branched. Branches deflexed, pubescent. Leaves linear, sericeous, deciduous. Racemes dense. Calyx urceolatecampanulate, circumscissilely caducous after anthesis; the upper lip with 2 broadly triangular teeth, the lower with 3 short lanceolate teeth. Corolla 15-17 mm, white, becoming cream-coloured on drying; standard ovate-oblong; wings oblong, longer than the obtuse keel. Legume 10-20 mm, obovate-ellipsoid, attenuate into a beak. Maritime sands. S. Sicilia. Si. (N. Africa, S. W. Asia.) The above description refers to subsp. gussonei (Webb) Heywood , Feddes Repert. 79: 53 (1968) ( Rétama gussonei Webb ), the European representative of this species. It is distinguished from the other subspecies by its larger corolla and its short keel.
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Lygos raetam
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981 |
L. raetam (Forskâl)
| Heywood 1968: 53 |