Rubiaceae

A. glomerata (Bieb.)Griseb., Spic. 2:166(1844). Syn: Crucianellaglomerata Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1:107 (1808); A. squarrosa C. Koch in Linnaea 24:461 (1851). Ic: Takht. & Fedorov, Fl. Erevana ed. 2: t. 60 (1972).
Perennial herbs with robust woody rootstock. Stems numerous, stolon-like at base, ascending to erect, vegetative and floriferous, (3-)10-30(-40) cm, semiterete, ± hairy, with short, densely leafy lateral branches. Leaves in whorls of 6-8, (3-)7-12(-18) x(0.3-)0.5-l(-1.5) mm, thick and linear, glaucous, with strongly revolute margins, ± hairy. Thyrses consisting of dense cymose ter-minal and lateral heads; bracts (5-)6-9(-11) mm, lanceolate, often ± connate with stipules into lobed elements. Corollas 5-merous, (5-)6-9(-l 2) mm, purplish, greenish or yellowish with densely hairy to glabrous tube and lobes. Mericarps 2.5-4 mm, hirsute or glabrous and granulate. 2n = 20.
1. Stems erect, mostly 20-30 Cm, with elongate internodes; terminal and some (separate) lateral flower fascicles or heads present
  2. Corolla tube glabrous or with scattered hairs subsp. glomerata
  2. Corolla tube (and lobes) ± densely hairy subsp. eriantha
1. Stems procumbent or low, mostly less than 20 cm, with short internodes; only one terminal flower head present subsp. condensata
   3. Plants forming compact cushions; stems stiff and ± erect var. condensata
   3. Plants forming mats; stems filiform and ± creeping var. filiformis
subsp. eriantha (Hausskn. ex Bornm.) Ehrend. in Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien 56: 222 (1948). Syn: A. glomerata forma eriantha Hausskn. ex Bornm. in Beih. Bot. Centr. 19(2):266 (1906). Figure 24. Map 103. Fl, 5-7. Rocky slopes and mountain steppe, 790-2130 m.
Lectotype: [Iran] Sultanabad, in valle Mowdere, 2 vi 1895, Strauss (WU!).
E. Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Kelkit, Karamanoğlu 66-44! A9 Çoruh: Vakset nr Ardanuç, 790 m, Düzenli 1142! B5 Nevşehir: 8 km S.E. of Ürgüp, 1200 m, Sorger 64-32-14! B6 Sivas: Gök Pinar, S. of Gürün, 1800 m, Sorger 71-51-55! B7 Diyarbakir: 5 km N. of Ergani, 1000 m, D. 29024! B9 Van: 7 km from Van to Erçek, 1850 m, D. 44344! C7 Adiyaman: Malatya to Kahta, Ak Da., Hand.-Mazz. 2388! C9 Hakkari: S. of Cilo Da., above Ziri, 2130 m, Trelawny 1820!