Cruciata laevipes, Opiz

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 : 37

1. C. laevipes Opiz , Seznam 34 (1852)

( Galium cruciata (L.) Scop. , Cruciata chersonensis auct.).

Herbaceous perennial with weak primary root, subterranean stolons, and slender rhizome with extensive adventitious roots. Stems 20-60 cm, slender; internodes 14-18, elongating to 4-5-8-5 cm, mostly with patent hairs 1-2 mm. Leaves 12-20x 4-10 mm, rather thin, broadly lanceolate to ovate, acute, 3-veined, more or less hairy, yellowish in the flowering region, later green. Cymes usually with 5-9 flowers; peduncles and pedicels usually hairy, elongating in fruit, bracteoles enlarging slightly, but scarcely more than 8 mm. Flowers c. 2-3 mm; styles divided to the base. Fruit with 1-2 mericarps 1 -8-2-7 mm in diameter, globose to ovoid, glabrous. 2/7 = 22. Grassland and open woods. IF., C. & S. Europe, extending to S. C. Russia. Al Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu [Hb].