Galium litorale, Guss.

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

33. G. litorale Guss. , Fl. Sic. Prodr. 1: 172 (1827).

Stock strongly stoloniferous. Stems usually hairy above; middle internodes about as long as leaves. Leaves 10-18x2-5 mm, oblanceolate, abruptly narrowed towards apex, rather thick and shiny; margin slightly scabrid to smooth. Inflorescence narrowly ovoid, with short branches; pedicels stout, shorter than diameter of corolla, strongly divaricate. Corolla 3-4 mm in diameter, white, somewhat hairy outside; lobes shortly apiculate. Anthers dark when dry. Fruits 2-3 mm in diameter, globose, dark to blackish, somewhat fleshy. Maritime sands. • W. Sicilia. Si.