| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Plocama hymenostephana (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlun & Thulin |
| Bibliography | Taxon 56: 324 (2007) |
| Native Range | Arabian Peninsula to India (Punjab) |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets irregularly ramose, leaves opposite, 5-20mm, linear-oblong, pubescent, sessile, inflorescence terminal and axillary, 1-3-flowered, calyx conspicuous |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring, 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 basal cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gaillonia humifusa Jaub. & Spach Gaillonia hymenostephana Jaub. & Spach Neogaillonia hymenostephana (Jaub. & Spach) Puff Pseudogaillonia hymenostephana (Jaub. & Spach) Lichnevskii |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (IND India, PAK Pakistan) |