Helianthemum sessiliflorum, (Desf.) Pers. Helianthemum stipulatum, (Forskal) C. Chr.

14. H. sessiliflorum (Desf.) Pers. View in CoL , Syn. Pl. 2: 78 (1806).

Caespitose, much-branched dwarf shrub 30-60 cm; branches and shoots white, stellate-pubescent. Leaves varying according to the season; in rainy periods 15-20mm, lanceolate, green, with flat margins, caducous; in dry periods 5-12 mm, linear, whitish, strongly revolute, persistent. Cymes 6- to 15- flowered, dense; flowers minute, chasmogamous or cleistogamous. Sepals 1-2 mm, green, with stellate hairs between the ribs and long white hairs on the ribs, white-villous at base. Petals yellow, longer or shorter than the sepals. Dry hillsides near the sea. S. Italy, Sicilia. It Si.

Often regarded as a subspecies or variety of H. lippii (L.) Pers., loc. cit. (1806), from N. Africa and Asia Minor. 15. H. stipulatum (Forskâl) C. Chr., Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(3): 20 (1922) ( H. ellipticum (Desf.) Pers.). Dwarf shrub, usually erect. Leaves 8-15 x 2-5-7-5 mm, linear- to ovate-lanceolate, with slightly or strongly revolute margins according to the season, sparsely stellate-tomentose above, densely so beneath. Cymes 3- to 7-flowered, lax. Sepals 3-4 mm, stellate-hairy between and on the ribs, ciliate; petals as long as the sepals, yellow. Maritime sands. Greece {N.W. Peloponisos). Gr. (S.W. Asia, Egypt.)