Erophila verna subsp. praecox, (Steven) Walters

(c) Subsp. praecox (Steven) Walters , loc. cit. (1964)

( E. glabrescens Jordan ; E. stenocarpa Jordan ; Drabapraecox Steven):

Stems often solitary, up to 9 cm in fruit. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, more or less densely covered on upper surface with unbranched hairs, often with a few branched or stellate hairs. Sepals 1-1-5 mm; petals 2-2-5 mm; longer stamens exceeding stigma. Silicula 4-6 mm, elliptical or oblanceolate; fruiting pedicels 2-12 mm. Mainly in the Mediterranean region; rather rare in N. and C. Europe.

E. setulosa Boiss. & Blanche in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 3 (5): 31 (1856), described from Syria, more sparsely hairy than 1 (c) and with narrower silicula, is recorded by Schulz from Thrace (near Alexandroupolis and Edirne). Schulz and Boissier treat it as a separate species, but it could be included under 1 (c).