Galium procurrens, Ehrend.

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74. G. procurrens Ehrend. , Pl. Syst. Evol. 124: 1 (1975).

Stolons present, usually long. Stems 40-80 cm, rather slender, more or less terete at base, otherwise 4-angled, nearly always glabrous; young shoots strongly glaucous-pruinose. Leaves (25-)30-40 (-50) x (2-5—)3-5—5-5(—7) mm, linear-oblanceolate, widest at or above the middle, gradually narrowed towards the base, somewhat more abruptly narrowed towards the acute apex, glaucous beneath, darker green above, remaining greenish when dry, membranous; margin subscabrid with 1-2 rows of small teeth; venation inconspicuous. Inflorescence rather lax, ovoid; pedicels usually shorter than the diameter of the corolla. Corolla (2-)2-2-2-6(-3) mm in diameter, cup-shaped; lobes acute to shortly apiculate. Ovary and fruit more or less pruinose. 2n = 22. Open deciduous mountain woods. • C. part ofBalkan peninsula. Al Bu Ju.