Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Galium bourgaeanum Coss. ex Ball |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 486 (1878) |
Native Range | Algeria to Morocco |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | stems hirsute, leaves elliptic-lanceolate, in whorls of 6-8, mucronate, minutely ciliate, glabrescent, panicle many-flowered, pyramidal, corolla lobes acuminate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | green-white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |