Galium heldreichii, Halacsy

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 : 23-24

36. G. heldreichii Halácsy , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 47: 94 (1897).

Stolons absent. Stems up to 150 cm, glabrous or often hairy, usually reddish at base, strongly branched, erect-ascending. Leaves 1O-2O(-3O) x 1-5 mm, oblong to oblanceolate, rather coriaceous and sometimes reddish; midrib rather prominent. Inflorescence dense, narrowly ovoid, the primary branches long;

pedicels up to as long as the diameter of the corolla. Corolla 2-3(-3-5) mm in diameter, whitish to greenish or sometimes reddish. Anthers dark brown to purplish. 2л = 22. Dry scrub. Aegean region. Cr Gr. (PL. Anatolia)

In the mountains of the Aegean region plants are found with shorter stems and internodes, narrower and laxer inflorescences, longer pedicels and larger flowers. They have been called G. samothracicum Rech. fil. , Feddes Reperì. (sseih) 100: 134 (1938) and are possibly related to 36.