Cynanchica pyrenaica

Squinancywort
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Cynanchica
Species:	C. pyrenaica
Binomial name
	Cynanchica pyrenaica; (L.) P. Caputo & Del Guacchio
Synonyms
	List Asperula cynanchica L.; Asperula collina Salisb.; Asperula heteroclada Hausskn.; Asperula kerneri Procupiu ex O. Deg.; Asperula macroclada A. Huet; Asperula minor Gray; Asperula multiflora Lapeyr.; Asperula pyrenaica L.; Asperula rubeola Gratel.; Asperula saxatilis Lam.; Asperula semiamicta Klokov; Asperula subalpina Schur; Asperula tenuiflora Jord.; Asperula tinctoria var. adhaerens Gren.; Asperula tinctoria var. pyrenaica (L.) Rouy; Asperula trabutii Sennen; Galium cynanchicum (L.) Scop.;

Cynanchica pyrenaica (syn. Asperula cynanchica), commonly known as squinancywort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to much of southern and central Europe from Spain and Ireland to Russia, where it grows in calcareous and coastal grasslands. Its peculiar common name is an anglicisation of the scientific one.