| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Galium canum Req. ex DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 602 (1830) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to Arabian Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-1000m |
| Description | ramose, leaves verticillate, linear-lanceolate to ovate, 6-10mm, densely hirsute, obtuse or acute, inflorescence cylindrical, hirsute, bracts lanceolate, flowers pedicellate |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | purple, yellowish |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 | Galium canum var. confertum Post Galium canum ssp. hilarionis H.Lindb. Galium canum var. laxum Post |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |