Asperula aristata subsp. condensata

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 6-7

(e) Subsp. condensata (Heldr. ex Boiss.) Ehrend. & Krendl, Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 68: 268 (1974)

( A. longiflora var. condensata Heldr. ex Boiss. ):

Stems procumbent-ascending. Leaves 10-20 x 0-8-1 -7 mm. Bracts lanceolate to ovate; flowers sessile. Corolla (4-)5-6(-7) mm, purplish, more or less papillose outside. Fruit c. 1 -5 mm. 2/г = 20. Subalpine zone. O W. & C. parts of Balkan peninsula.

Subsp. (a) is very polymorphic, usually with stems hairy or roughly papillose at lower elevations ( A. scabra J. & C. Presi, A. canescens Vis. ), and more or less glabrescent at higher elevations ( A. longiflora Waldst. & Kit. ). Plants transitional towards 31 have been called A. sublongiflora Borbas , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 44: 399 (1894).

Intermediates between 1(d) and 31 have been called A. jordanii Perr. & Song., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2:426 (1894), and are difficult to distinguish from 23 in the Alps and 24 in the Pyrenees.

1(e) is very near to 2, 14 and 31.