GALIUM CITRACEUM
Common Names:- None
Homotypic Synonyms:- None
Meaning:- Galium (Gr) Milk.
Citraceum (L) Citrus-like, lemon scented
General description:- Slender, stoloniferous perennial.
Stems:-
1) 30-50 cm long, ascending, glabrous or short-pubescent.
Leaves:-
1) In whorls of (6-)8-10, 15-25 x 2-4 mm, oblanceolate, mucronate, thin.
a) papillae, marginal, few and weak.
Flower:-
1) Inflorescence, long.
a) partial inflorescences, up to 13 cm. narrowly pyramidal.
2) Corolla, 2-3 mm in diam. lemon yellow.
a) lobes, mostly suberect, with an hyaline apex up to 0.5 mm.
3) Anthers, dark brown to blackish.
Fruit:-
1) Mericaips, finely papillose.
Key features:-
Habitat:- Rocky limestone slopes with dry open shrubby vegetation and open
coniferous woodland, 300-1500 m.
Distribution:- A Greek endemic scattered and fairly rare from Sterea Ellas to
Crete. Rare on Crete currently known only from a few scattered locations,
Flowering time:- May-July.
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