Authors: L.  

Botanical Description

forming loose cushions to 30cm or more across. Leaves dense, grasslike, silky-hairy and greyish to silvery-green. Flowering stems 20-30cm tall, topped by heads to 4cm across with ray-like outer florets, lilac to pink, summer. Southern Europe, in rocky places. A desirable species for the rock garden or dry wall.

a, S. cinerea; b, S. graminifolia; c, S. lucida;