| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Plocama calabrica (L.f.) M.Backlund & Thulin |
| Bibliography | Taxon 56: 516 (2007) |
| Native Range | Medit. to Iraq |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 150-1100m |
| Description | evergreen, leaves 1-2cm, obovate to oblong, with revolute margins, rich shiny green, flowers in compact terminal cyme, corolla tube thin, 10-15mm long |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | pink |
| 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 calabrica L.f. Asperula ciliata Moench Asperula foetida (Lam.) Pers. Daphne skipetarum Halda Ernodea calabrica (L.f.) Link Ernodea montana Sm. Lonicera sicula Ucria Pavetta foetidissima (Cirillo) Cirillo Plocama calabrica var. alba Göktürk & al. Putoria balearica Steud. Putoria calabrica (L.f.) DC. Putoria calabrica var. atlantis Litard. & Maire Putoria calabrica var. eucalabrica Maire Putoria calabrica var. gypsacea Nábělek Putoria calabrica ssp. hispanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman Putoria calabrica var. hispanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Litard. & Maire Putoria calabrica var. pubescens Lange Putoria cymosa Pomel Putoria foetida A.Rich. Putoria hispanica Boiss. & Reut. Sherardia foetida Lam. Sherardia foetidissima Cirillo |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) |