光果砧草 guang guo zhen cao

Galium boreale var. leiocarpum Nakai; G. ussuriense Pobedimova.

Leaf blade broadly lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 6-12 mm wide, glabrous abaxially. Ovary and mericarps glabrous. Fl. and fr. May-Sep.

Mountain slopes, open fields, grasslands; 900-1900 m. Heilongjiang, Jilin, Xinjiang [Korea, Russia; C Asia ("Turkestan")].

Nakai’s two varieties were published simultaneously; the choice of epithet was apparently made by Cufodontis (Oesterr. Bot. Z. 89: 227. 1940).