Asperula incana, Sibth. & Sm.

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 : 11

41. A. incana Sibth. & Sm. , FI. Graec. Prodr. 1: 88 (1806).

Stems (7-)10-40(-45) cm, more or less woody at base, ascending, rigid, robust, more or less branched, more or less hairy; internodes usually more than 12, the upper distinctly longer. Leaves (3-)8-15(-20) x (0-5-)0-8-l-2 mm, linear, more or less acute, densely hairy, sometimes glabrescent, the margin distinctly revolute. Inflorescences with sessile to long-pedunculate capitula. Corolla hypocrateriform, reddish, shortly hairy, sometimes glabrescent; tube (4-5~)5-6-5(-8) mm; lobes 2-3 mm, ovate, acuminate and more or less patent. Fruit c. 1 -5 mm, shortly hairy. 2/1 = 44. Stony places from the coast to the montane zone. • Kriti. Cr.