| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Cynanchica nitida (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
| Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 773 (2020) |
| Native Range | East Aegean Islands to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 100-2500m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves dense, of 4, linear, subcurvate, attenuate, aristate, flowers in head or in 1-3 remote whorls, bracts lanceolate, aristate, corolla lobes acute |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Asperula nitida Sm. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |