| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Plocama szowitzii (DC.) M.Backlund & Thulin |
| Bibliography | Taxon 56: 325 (2007) |
| Native Range | Transcaucasus to nw. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 700-900m |
| Description | leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly linear or subulate, 1-3cm, dark green, scabrous, at base vaginate-connate, flowers terminal, 10-12mm long, 5-merous |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | rose |
| 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 | Gaillonia szowitzii DC. Jaubertia szowitzii (DC.) Takht. Neogaillonia szowitzii (DC.) Lincz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |