Acantholimon ulicinum
Acantholimon ulicinum
Kardikeni
Rather densely pulvinate, usually calcareous-punctate shrublet. Leaves linear-triquetrous, sometimes plano-triquetrous, 5-20 mm, glabrous or infrequently pubescent. Scapes very short, sometimes ± absent, 1-2-spiked; spikes imbricate or densely distichous. Spikelets 3-7. Outer bract glabrous or pubescent; inner bracts oblong-lanceolate, obtuse to acuminate, cuspidate, green or purplish, with broad hyaline margins or hyaline except for vein. Calyx tube pilose, limb 5- or 10-lobed, white or purple; veins sometimes expanded towards margin, usually excurrent. Petals bright pink. Fl. 6-8. Stony slopes, on limestone and serpentine, exposed mountain tops, screes, 1200-3000 m.
1. Leaves green or glaucous-green; scape usually 2-spiked; bracts purple; outer bract ovate-triangular ; inner bracts obtuse, shortly cuspidate ..............................subsp.lycaonicum
1. Leaves usually glaucous; scapes 1-spiked; bracts usually green; outer bract oblong-lanceolate ; inner bracts acuminate, long-cuspidate ……….subsp. ulicinum
2. Calyx pink or purple .........................var. purpurascens
2. Calyx white
3. Leaves 5-8 mm, densely caespitose; leaves and bracts densely pubescent.............................var. creticum
3. Leaves 8-20 mm, laxly caespitose; leaves and bracts glabrous ..................var.ulicinum
