Galium lucidum, All.

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 : 25

46. G. lucidum All. , Auct. Syn. Stirp. Horti Taur. 5 (1773)

( G. rigidum Vili. ).

Stolons usually present. Stems 25-70 cm, erect or ascending, glabrous or with hairs 0-1-1-5 mm, with relatively few and short, non-flowering branches. Leaves 10-30 x 1-2 mm, linear-lanceolate, with slender, hyaline apiculum; midrib narrow; margin somewhat revolute, scabrid. Inflorescence oblong or ovoid, dense, with ascending to patent branches; pedicels 1-3 mm. Corolla 3-5 mm in diameter, white, more rarely yellowish or greenish. Fruit dark brown. 2« = 44. Dry places. S. & S. C. Europe. Al Au BI Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Sa Si.

Commonly connected by intermediate forms with 39 and 45 in zones of contact.