Asperula taurica, Paez.

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 : 12

45. A. taurica Paez. , Zap. Novoross. Obšč. Estestv. 15(1): 76 (1890)

( A. cretacea auch, non Willd.).

Stems (5-)10-20(-25) cm, densely caespitose, more or less erect, moderately robust; internodes usually fewer than 12. Leaves (10-)13-20(-25) x (l-)l-5-2 mm, linear, glabrous, the margin somewhat scabridulous. Inflorescences ovoid, more or less densely branched; partial inflorescences capitate; pedicels (l-)2-5(-7) mm. Corolla more or less infundibuliform, white or pale purplish, glabrous; tube 2-3 mm; lobes 1 -5-2 mm, ovate, flat. Style shorter than corolla-tube. Fruit 1 -5-2 mm, glabrous. Calcareous rocky slopes. S. Krym. Rs (K).