Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Galium xylorrhizum Boiss. & A.Huet |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2 2: 115 (1856) |
Native Range | s. Transcaucasus to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glabrous, leaves of 6-7 in whorls, narrowly linear, obtuse, white mucronate, abaxially with distinct veinlet, flowers large in corymbose panicle, petals mucronate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Galium leiophyllum var. stenophyllum Boiss. Galium praemontanum var. armazicum Mardal. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |