Phyteuma globulariifolium, Sternb. & Hoppe

22. P. globulariifolium Sternb. & Hoppe View in CoL , Denkschr. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Regensb. 1(2): 100 (1818)

( P. pauciflorum auct., non L.).

Stock much-branched. Stem 1-12 cm, erect, glabrous, with few or no leaves. Basal leaves numerous, rosulate, obovate to oblan- ceolate or rarely linear-elliptical, narrowed into the petiole, widest near the apex; cauline leaves similar; all leaves glabrous

or ciliate, obscurely crenate-serrate, with the apex not projecting beyond the uppermost pair of teeth, or entire. Inflorescence 2- to 7(-12)-flowered, globose. Outer bracts orbicular to ovate or all, or the inner only, lanceolate, acuminate to obtuse, sometimes crenate at the apex, ciliate, shorter or longer than the inflorescence. Corolla deep blue-violet, curved in bud. Stigmas 3. Rocks and screes', calcifuge. • Alps and Pyrenees. Au Ga He Hs It.

Polymorphic. The following treatment is only provisional as further study, particularly of subsp. pedemontanum , is needed.