Università degli studi di Firenze, Istituto botanico
Abstract
The Authors describe a new species of the genus Linaria Miller, endemic of Sardinia, named L. arcusangeli from the site of origin. The plant is perennial, woody at the base, multicaulis, with stems 20-60 cm
long, glabrous, leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, and racemes terminal, single, with few flowers; corolla 14-18
mm, pink-violet, with spur straight; capsule 5-6 mm, longer than calyx, with seeds rugulose-tubercolate. It
might be included in the sect. Repentes Valdés, where shows the greatest affinities to L. capraria Moris et De
Notaris. Biological, ecological, caryological (2n = 12) and phytogeographical notes of the species are also
described