| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Thliphthisa apiculata (Sm.) P.M.Sl. |
| Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
| Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 400-1500m |
| Description | stems procumbent, ramose, densely leafy, leaves minute, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acute, margins scabrous, cymes 1-3-flowered, shortly pedicellate, bracts oblong, acute |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow-green, purple |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Asperula purpurea ssp. apiculata (Sm.) Ehrend. Galium apiculatum Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. [J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith] 1: 91 (1806) Thliphthisa purpurea ssp. apiculata (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) |