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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.
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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.
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