Galium longifolium, (Sibth. & Sm.) Griseb.

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 : 28

78. G. longifolium (Sibth. & Sm.) Griseb. , Spicil. FI. Rumel. 2: 157 (1844)

( Asperula longifolia Sibth. & Sm. ).

Stolons absent. Stems up to 100 cm, rounded at the base, with 4 faint ridges above, stout, glabrous; young shoots glaucous-pruinose. Leaves 30-50 x 3-6 mm, linear-lanceolate, rather abruptly narrowed to the apex, glaucous especially beneath, usually not blackish when dry, somewhat coriaceous; margin scabrid with several rows of robust papilliform teeth. Inflorescence lax, broadly ovoid; pedicels often longer than diameter of corolla. Corolla (2-)3(-4) mm in diameter, cup-shaped; lobes acute. Ovary and fruit pruinose. 2л = 22. Woods. Turkey-in-Europe.?Bu?Gr Tu. (W. & N. Anatolia.)