Rubia laurae
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Galium laurae Holmboe | |
Rubia laurae, Cyprus madder is a trailing perennial with a woody rootstock, stems 10-100 cm long. Leaves 4-whorled, simple, irregularly serrulate, glaucous, coriaceous, sessile, with a broad asymmetrical base, 8-30 x 2-8 mm. Flowers in terminal cymes, small, yellow-brownish, with a 5-merous corolla. Flowers May-August. Fruit a black, globose, fleshy, drupe.[1]
Habitat
Rocky and stony, dry hillsides, in garigue, vineyard edges or pine forests at 0-1200 m altitude.
Distribution
Endemic to Cyprus where it occur in Lysos, Panayia, Arminou, Mesa Potamos, Kato Amiandos, Platres area, the Limassol Forest, Erimi, the Pentadaktylos Range.
References
- ^ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2