Asperula laevigata, L.

54. A. laevigata L. View in CoL , Mantissa 38 (1767).

Stock with slender stolons. Stems 15-80 cm, ascending to erect, more or less weak,

scarcely branched from the base, 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 4, 9-25 x (3-5—)4—10(—11) mm, elliptical to ovate, more or less rounded at apex, narrowed into a petiole-like base, paler beneath, with 1 main vein and a distinct reticulate venation, glabrous; margin with fine scabridity in several rows. Inflorescence long-pyramidal; partial inflorescences laxly cymose; bracts lanceolate to filiform; pedicels 0-5-2 mm. Flowers 4-merous; corolla 1-3-2 mm, infundibuliform, white, glabrous; tube 0-7-1-2 mm; lobes 0-5-0-7 mm, about as long as wide. Filaments 0-2-0-4 mm; anthers 0-2-0-3 mm, ovoid to globose, yellowish. Fruit 1-1-5 mm, glabrous, granulate. 2л = 44. Woods. Mediterranean region, ascending to montane zone. Al BI Co Ga Gr Hs It Ju Sa Si.