Galium spurium
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Galium spurium or False Cleavers is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa and Canada, and is naturalized in Australia.[1][2][3] It is considered a noxious weed in many places.[4]
Galium spurium is an erect or reclining herb up to 50 cm tall. Stems are square in cross-section. Leaves are in whorls of 6-8, narrowly lanceolate. Flowers are in multi-flowered cymes or panicles, white or yellow-green.[5]
Subspecies
Many varietal and subspecific names have been proposed, but at present (May 2014) only 3 are recognized:[1]
- Galium spurium subsp. africanum Verdc. - mountains of tropical and southern Africa; also Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Socotra
- Galium spurium subsp. ibicinum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Ehrend. - Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
- Galium spurium subsp. spurium - widespread
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References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana
- ^ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
- ^ Wenming Zhang & K. L. Bailey. 2000. Biological Control of Cleavers (Galium spurium and G. aparine) with Pathogenic Fungi - Exploration and Discovery. Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds 4-14 July 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana USA Neal R. Spencer (ed.). pp. 117-123
- ^ Flora of China v 19 p 136, 猪殃殃 zhu yang yang Galium spurium
External links
- line drawing for Flora of Pakistan
- Plants for a Future
- NatureGate, Luonotoportti (Helsinki), false cleavers
- Tela Botanica, Gaillet bâtard
- Floraweb, Galium spurium L., Kleinfrüchtiges Kletten-Labkraut
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