Galium incanum subsp. creticum
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Galium incanum subsp. creticum is a subspecies of the plant species Galium incanum of the family Rubiaceae (Rubiaceae).
features
Galium incanum subsp. creticum is a perennial upholstery perennial or dwarf shrub that reaches heights of 2 to 5 (7) centimeters. The plant is grassy. The basal, non-flowering shoots have short, roof-tile leaves. The leaves are short, spiky, dense, rough-haired, matt and have a transparent tip up to 0.3 millimeters long. The inflorescence is cylindrical and has few flowered, short-stalked partial inflorescences . The crown is more or less cup-shaped. The corolla lobes are 1.5 to 2 millimeters in size, white and barely pointed.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 66.
Occurrence
Galium incanum subsp. creticum is endemic to Crete . The subspecies grows in the Lefka Ori and in the Dikti Mountains in hedgehog cushion heaths at altitudes of 1500 to 2200 meters.
literature
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 239 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Galium incanum subsp. creticum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis