Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Cruciata elbrussica (Pobed.) Pobed. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 280 (1971) |
Native Range | Caucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Description | leaves in dense whorls of 4, elliptic, 4-5mm, obtuse, subsessile, ciliate, adaxially sparsely hirsute, cymes axillary, few flowered, flowers 2mm, anthers yellow |
Size | 5-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 elbrussicum Pobed. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) |