Galium firmum, Tausch

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 : 23

35. G. firmum Tausch , Flora (Regensb.) 14: 222 (1831).

Stolons absent. Stems numerous, mostly erect, robust, nearly always shortly hairy up to the inflorescence, with many, rather long branches. Leaves 15-25x 2-5 mm, elliptical to broadly oblanceolate, somewhat coriaceous; midrib slender, inconspicuous; margin slightly revolute. Inflorescence broadly ovoid, dense, the branches long; pedicels short. Corolla 1-1-5 mm in diameter, yellow; lobes with long and mostly incurved apices. Anthers light brownish. Fruit brownish. 2n = 22. Dry places. • W. part of Balkan peninsula. Al Ju.

A rather isolated E. Adriatic endemic, formerly circumscribed to include 39(c), and even 52, 54-55 and 57.