Galium idubedae, (Pau ex Debeaux) Pau ex Ehrend.

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117. G. idubedae (Pau ex Debeaux) Pau ex Ehrend. , Sitz.-Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien (Math.-Nat. Kl., Abt. I) 169: 412 (1960)

( G. valentinum var. idubedae Pau ex Debeaux ).

Caespitose, usually glabrous and shining, with short stolons. Stems (3-)5-25(-35) cm; middle internodes shorter than or up to twice as long as the leaves. Leaves 5-12(-16) x 0-3-0-6(-l-2) mm, acicular, 13-20 times as long as wide; margin more or less thickened, flat; midrib somewhat thickened, occupying c. | of the width of the leaf; hyaline apex (0-3-)0-6-l mm. Inflorescence few- to many-flowered, more or less corymbose. Corolla 2-2-5(-3-5) mm in diameter. Fruit 1-1-5 mm, weakly papillose. 2« = 22. Rocksand screes. • Mountains of C. Spain. Hs.

Very variable in habit. Occasionally intermediates with 98 are found.