Galium minutulum, Jordan

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 : 36

142. G. minutulum Jordan , Obs. PI. Crit. 3: 182 (1846).

Stems 2-10 cm, ascending, very delicate, more or less retrorsely aculeolate. Leaves 1 -5-3 x 0-8-1 mm, in whorls of 4, obovate to elliptical, narrowing to the base, cuspidate, bright green, blackish when dry; margin antrorsely scabrid. Flowers solitary or in pairs, scarcely exceeding the leaf-whorls; pedicels short, straight, erect to patent. Corolla very small, whitish; lobes oblong-ovate, acute. Fruit less than 1 mm, ovoid, with hooked hairs. Shady rocks, mediterranean coasts and hills. • S. W. Europe, from S. Portugal to Arcipelago Toscano. Ga Hs It Lu.