Family: Boraginaceae Genus: CerintheSpecies description: Annuals; stems 15-60 cm. Lower leaves obovate-spathulate, petiolate, ciliate, tuberculate; the upper ovate-lanceolate, cordate at base. Bracts ovate, subcordate at base, often redish-glaucous, equalling or longer than calyx. Calyx-lobes acute, ciliate. Corolla 15-30 x 5-8 mm, slightly saccate, straight, yellow, with a reddish-brown ring in the throat, sometimes cream distally, or dark red throughout, more than twice as long as calyx; lobes ovate, sharply recurved at apex. Nutlets blackish.
Field Notes:
Habitat: Cultivated fields, Waste places and meadows
Distribution: Med.region, C.& S.Portugal. Al Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Lu Sa Si Tu Found: S.Spain: Barbate de Franco Date: 2-Jun-93 Flora Europea:3-95 Literatuur:Notes:
Pictures: A.Voswinkel, The Netherlands email: aart@knoware.nl