Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Galium vartanii Grossh. |
Bibliography | Trans. Geo.-Bot. Invest. Pasture-lands, Azerbaijan, Ser. B, 1: 78 (1929) |
Native Range | e. & se. Transcaucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | stems glabrous, leaves in whorls of 6, flat, thick, narrowly linear, 1cm, acute, 1-nerved, glabrous, cymes 6-7-flowered, flowers 6-7mm across, lobes oblong, obtuse |
Size | 5-15cm |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) |