Galium megalospermum

Galium megalospermum
	Galium megalospermum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. megalospermum
Binomial name
	Galium megalospermum; All.
Synonyms
	Galium montanum Vill.; Galium pusillum Vill.; Galium prostratum Haller ex Roem. & Schult.; Galium villarsii Gaudin ex Roem. & Schult.; Galium sylvestre subsp. virens Gaudin; Galium rupicola Bertol.; Galium syriacum Hauke.; Galium helveticum var. elongatum Gren. & Godr.; Galium cenisium Arv.-Touv.; Galium sylvestre var. montanum Nyman; Galium helveticum var. allionii Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud; Galium helveticum var. cenisium (Arv.-Touv.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud;

Galium megalospermum, the Swiss bedstraw or big-seeded bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the Alps in Central Europe (eastern France, Switzerland, Austria, southern Germany and northern Italy).^[1]^[2]

Galium megalospermum is a low-lying plant rarely more than 5 cm tall, forming clumps, very often in narrow places between rocks. Leaves are whorled, usually 6 or 7 per node, egg-shaped, thick and fleshy. Flowers are white to cream-colored, with 4 or 5 petals.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Caglio a frutti penduli
^ Allioni, Carlo. 1773. Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 9
^ Info Flora, Centre National de données de d'information sur la flore de la Suisse, Galium megalospermum All.
^ Forum Acta Plantarum, Galium megalospermum All. - Caglio elvetico

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[sandradatri-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Altervista Flora Italiana, Caglio a frutti penduli

[3] Allioni, Carlo. 1773. Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 9

[4] Info Flora, Centre National de données de d'information sur la flore de la Suisse, Galium megalospermum All.

[5] Forum Acta Plantarum, Galium megalospermum All. - Caglio elvetico

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