Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Cynanchica lutea (Sm.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 772 (2020) |
Native Range | sc. & s. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | glabrous, subglaucous, leaves of 4, linear, elongate, aristate, flowers in opposite fascicles producing interrupted, narrow spike, bracts lanceolate, acute |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellowish red |
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 lutea Sm. Asperula lutea var. pulvinaris Boiss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece) |