Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Galium thymifolium Boiss. & Heldr. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 67 (1846) |
Native Range | sc. Greece to n. Aegean Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1200-1800m |
Description | stems thin, leaves minute, of 6-8, elliptic-linear or linear, long mucronate, cymes subsessile, axillary, dense, producing long spike, corolla lobes mucronate |
Size | 9-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |