Cruciata taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend.


Family	RUBIACEAE
Genus species	Cruciata taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend.
Synonyms	Valantia taurica Pall. ex Willd.
	Galium coronatum Sm.
	Galium sevanense Pobed.
Habitat	rocks
Description	leaves in whorls of 4, obovate or elliptic, obtuse, subsessile, on both faces densely pubescent, cymes axillary, 5-6-flowered, corolla 3mm across
Size	7-30cm
Color	yellow
Bloom	spring, early summer
Ca
Type	subshrub
Cultivation	sunny, dry, 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
Territory	Europe Southeastern Europe Eastern Europe (Krym ) Asia-Temperate Middle Asia (Turkmenistan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	RUBIACEAE Cruciata taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 393 (1958) Basionym: Valantia taurica Pall. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2): 951 (1806) Synonyms: Cruciata coronata taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend. Galium coronatum tauricum (Pall. ex Willd.) Nyman Galium tauricum (Pall. ex Willd.) Roem. & Schult. ============================================================================= taurica typica ined. Synonysm: Cruciata braunii (Zelen.) Pobed. Cruciata chersonensis (Willd.) Ehrend. Cruciata coronata (Sm.) Ehrend. Cruciata laevipes chersonensis (Willd.) Devesa & al. Cruciata neotaurica (Klokov) Pobed. Cruciata rugosa (Galushko) Galushko Cruciata sevanensis (Pobed.) Pobed. Cruciata sosnowskyi (Manden.) Pobed. Galium chersonense (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. Galium coronatum Sm. Galium cruciata chersonense (Willd.) Steven ex DC. Galium decoronatum Klokov Galium divaricatum Pall. ex Ledeb. Galium neotauricum Klokov Galium rugosum Galushko Galium sevanense Pobed. Galium sosnowskyi Manden. Valantia chersonesis Willd. Krym, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, w. Asia 14 KRY 32 TKM 33 NCS TCS 34 IRN IRQ LBS PAL TUR taurica armeniaca (Mikheev) Ehrend., Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 176: 274 (2005) Basionym: Cruciata armeniaca Mikheev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscov & Leningrad) 77(10): 73 (1992) Transcaucasus, nw. Iran 33 TCS 34 IRN aurica euboea (Ehrend.) Ehrend., Pl. Syst. Evol. 124(2): 178 (1975) Basionym: Galium coronatum euboeum Ehrend., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 240 (1948) Synonyms: Cruciata coronata euboea (Ehrend.) Ehrend. s. Greece 13 GRC taurica glaberrima (DC.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 176: 275 (2005) Basionym: Galium coronatum glaberrimum DC., Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 4: 605 (1830) Synonyms: Cruciata coronata glaberrima (DC.) Ehrend. Cruciata humifusa (Willd.) Mikheev Galium humifusum (Willd.) Bég. & Diratz. Valantia humifusa Willd. Caucasus, ne. Turkey 33 NCS TCS 34 TUR taurica mesopotamica (Ehrend.) Ehrend., Pl. Syst. Evol. 127(4): 305 (1977) Basionym: Galium coronatum mesopotamicum Ehrend., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 243 (1948) Synonyms: Cruciata coronata mesopotamica (Ehrend.) Ehrend. Iraq, e. Medit. 34 IRQ LBS PAL TUR taurica occidentalis (Ehrend.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., Mount. Fl. Greece [Strid] 2: 330 (1991) Basionym: Cruciata coronata occidentalis Ehrend., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 394 (1958) East Aegean Islands, sw. Turkey 34 EAI TUR taurica persica (DC.) Ehrend., Fl. Iraq 4(1): 622 (1980) Basionym: Galium persicum DC., Prodr. (A.P. de Candolle] 4: 605 (1830) Synonyms: Cruciata coronata persica (DC.) Ehrend. Valantia persica (DC.) K.Koch Cruciata kopetdaghensis (Pobed.) Pobed. Galium kopetdaghense Pobed. Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq 32 TKM 34 IRN IRQ