Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Galium graecum L. |
Synonyms | Galium junceum Schreb. |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | adpressed hirsute, leaves dense, of 6 in whorls, short, linear, obtuse, erect, cymes axillary, opposite, producing spicate, interrupted raceme, corolla lobes elliptic |
Size | 9-15cm |
Color | brownish yellow, purple |
Bloom | 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 (Kriti ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
graecum pseudocanum Ehrend., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 105: 254 (1958)
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