Galium oelandicum, (Sterner & Hyl.) Ehrend.

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 : 32

106. G. oelandicum (Sterner & Hyl.) Ehrend. , op. cit. 418 (1960)

( G. pumilum subsp. oelandicum Sterner & Hyl. ).

Plant metallic green when dry, densely caespitose, with many nonflowering stems at anthesis. Stems (4-)6-15(-20) cm, ascending, less than 0-6 mm in diameter, glabrous, red at the base; middle internodes up to 4 cm, 3-5 times as long as the leaves. Leaves (4-)10 x 0-9-1 -5 mm, in whorls of (8—)9(— 10), linear-oblanceolate, 6-8 times as long as wide. Inflorescence pyramidal, lax; partial inflorescences dense; pedicels c. 0-5 mm. Corolla 2-2-2-8 mm in diameter. Fruit c. 1 mm, acutely papillose. 2n = 22. Stony and grassy places. • Öland. Su.