Galium octonarium, (Klokov) Pobed.

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 : 27

62. G. octonarium (Klokov) Pobed. , Nov. Syst. Pl. Vase. (Leningrad) 7: 278 (1971)

( Asperula octonaria Klokov ).

Stolons absent. Stems 25-90 cm, more or less 4-angled throughout, usually glabrous. Leaves 20-45 x 0-5-1 mm, in whorls of (6-)7-8(-10), linear to filiform, usually erect; margin very scabrid with many rows of teeth, revolute to the midrib. Inflorescence broadly ovoid, lax; partial inflorescences corymbiform; pedicels shorter than diameter of corolla. Corolla 2-3 mm in diameter, infundibuliform; tube usually longer than lobes. 2л = 22. Dry grassland and steppes. S.E. Europe, extending northwards to 55° N. in C. Russia. Bu?Gr?Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E). (S. W. Asia.)