Galium nevadense, Boiss. & Reuter

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 : 31

100. G. nevadense Boiss. & Reuter in Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 3(2): 115 (1856).

Like 98 but greenish when dry, caespitose; stems (5-)7-15(-20) cm, ascending, almost always glabrous and smooth, scarcely red at the base;middle internodes up to twice as long as the leaves; leaves (5—)6—10(—12) x (0-9-) l-l-l-9(-2-3) mm, in whorls of (6-)7(-9), oblanceolate, thin and membranous, 5-7 times as long as wide,usually antrorsely scabridulous on the margin only, or glabrescent; inflorescence ovoid to corymbose; pedicels 1-1-5 mm; corolla 2-2-6 mm in diameter, white to pale yellow; mean diameter of pollen grains less than 19 /*; fruit c. 1 • 1 mm. 2л = 22. Damp shady, rocky places. High mountains of S. Spain. Hs. (N. W. Africa.)