| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Galium serpylloides Royle ex Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 207 (1881) |
| Native Range | se. Tibet to c. & w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3600-3800m |
| Description | stems shortly pubescent, leaves in whorls of 4, ovate or elliptic, glabrous, obtuse or subacute, inflorescence terminal and axillary, cymes usually 3-flowered |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | yellowish green |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| 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 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |