Asperula saxicola, Ehrend.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 14

64. A. saxicola Ehrend. , loc. cit. (1974).

Stems (5-)10-20(-25) cm, ascending to erect, sparingly branched, with short, patent hairs; internodes much longer than the leaves. Leaves 3-5 x 1-8-2-5 mm, in whorls of up to 6, ovate to obovate, more or less obtuse; vein scarcely prominent beneath; margin not or scarcely revolute. Inflorescence long and narrow, with rigidly erect and strict branches; pedicels 0-5-2 mm, often recurved; bracts shorter than the pedicels and peduncles, broadly pelviform, clasping the stem. Corolla 0-7-1 mm, slightly cup-shaped, yellowish; tube 01-0-2 mm; lobes 0-6-0-8 mm, triangular, acute, glabrous. Style shorter than the ovary; stigma globose. Fruit c. 1-5 mm, glabrous, shining. Mountain rocks. • S. Greece (E. Peloponnisos). Gr.