Description: Short lived perennial; stems 5-30cm, usually creeping, much branched, mat forming; internodes usually equalling or longer than the leaves. Leaves 4-8(-20)mm, ovate to lanceolate. Flower-clusters usually more than 8mm in diameter, well defined; bracts 4-6mm, ovate, acute, silvery, concealing the flowers. Calyx 1.5-2.5mm; lobes equal, oblong, hooded; awn smooth or scarcely spinulose; membranous margins equalling or wider than the brownish, usually smooth mid-vein.

Poison: None Known

Uses: An infusion of the flowers is used as a tea. An infusion of the leaves is aphrodisiac and diuretic. It is also used in the treatment of TB. Especially useful as a ground cover plant after bulbs have flowered. The plants form a low carpet, rooting as they spread, and they should be spaced about 30cm apart each way.

Distribution: Algeria,  Corsica,  Crete,  Cyprus,  East Aegean Islands,  Egypt,  France,  Gibraltar,  Greece,  Israel and The Palestinian Territories,