Asperula baldaccii, (Halacsy) Ehrend.

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63. A. baldaccii (Halácsy) Ehrend. , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 68: 269 (1974)

( Galium baldaccii Halácsy ).

Plant with sparse to dense, long, patent hairs; stems (5-)8-17(-20) cm, ascending to erect, slender; internodes mostly as long as the leaves. Leaves 3-8 x 0-6-1-5 mm, in whorls of 6-8(-9), narrowly lanceolate, acute; vein very prominent beneath; margin weakly revolute. Inflorescence ovoid, rather lax; pedicels 1-2 mm; bracts usually shorter than the fruits, ovate, navicular, shortly connate at base. Corolla 0-7-1 mm, slightly cup-shaped, dirty yellow, with long hairs outside; tube 0-2 mm; lobes 0-5-0-8 mm, triangular, acute. Style shorter than the ovary; stigma globose. Fruit c. 1-5 mm, densely hairy. Rock-crevices; calcicole. • Coastal mountains of S. Crna Gora (near Bar). Ju.