| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Cruciata taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend. |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 393 (1958) |
| Native Range | e. Greece, Krym, e. Medit to Caucasus and Turkmenistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 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 | Cruciata braunii (Zelen.) Pobed. Cruciata chersonensis (Willd.) Ehrend. Cruciata coronata (Sm.) Ehrend. Cruciata coronata ssp. taurica (Pall. ex Willd.) Ehrend. Cruciata laevipes var. chersonensis (Willd.) Devesa & al. Cruciata laevipes ssp. chersonensis (Willd.) Silva Pando & al. Cruciata neotaurica (Klokov) Pobed. Cruciata rugosa (Galushko) Galushko Cruciata sevanensis (Pobed.) Pobed. Cruciata sosnowskyi (Manden.) Pobed. Galium braunii Zelen. Galium chersonense (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. Galium coronatum Sm. Galium coronatum var. isophyllum Boiss. Galium coronatum var. tauricum (Pall. ex Willd.) Nyman Galium cruciata var. chersonense (Willd.) Steven Galium decoronatum Klokov Galium divaricatum Pall. ex Ledeb. Galium neotauricum Klokov Galium rugosum Galushko Galium sevanense Pobed. Galium sosnowskyi Manden. Galium tauricum (Pall. ex Willd.) Roem. & Schult. Valantia chersonensis Willd. Valantia rediviva Hoffm. ex M.Bieb. Valantia taurica Pall. ex Willd. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, TUE Turkey-in-Europe) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |