| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Galium kurdicum Boiss. & Hohen. |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 3: 37 (1843) |
| Native Range | Iran to se. Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1300-3600m |
| Description | leaves in whorls of 5-6, ovate to broadly elliptic, mucronate to long acuminate, villose, inflorescence corymbose, flowers 2-3mm long, lobes ovate, glabrous |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |