Biology:Galium sylvaticum

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Galium sylvaticum
Galium sylvaticum (Wald-Labkraut) IMG 3333.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. sylvaticum
Binomial name
Galium sylvaticum

Galium sylvaticum, commonly known as Scotch mist or wood bedstraw, is a plant species of the genus Rubiaceae. Its genus name, Galium, is derived from the Greek word for "milk," apparently because some species have been used to curdle milk.[1]

It is native to central Europe: France , Italy, Germany , Poland , Hungary,[2] the former Yugoslavia and smaller countries in between.[3][4] It is also naturalized in scattered locations in North America (Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts , Connecticut, New York, Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington (state) and Oregon).[5] It is often found in anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed) habitats, forest edges, meadows and fields.[1]

It is a perennial, branching herb with thin stems. Its leaves are in whorls of six, each narrowly linear. Flowers are in open terminal panicles, white and four-petaled.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Galium sylvaticum (wood bedstraw)", Go Botany (New England Wildflower Society), https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Galium/sylvaticum/, retrieved 2018-06-28 
  2. Hooker, Sir J.D. (1881). Britten, James. ed. "Extracts and Notices of Books and Memoirs". Trimen's Journal of Botany: British and Foreign (London: West, Newman & Co.) 19: 60. https://books.google.com/books?id=eeVCAAAAYAAJ&q=Galium+sylvaticum+magyar&pg=PA60. Retrieved 19 September 2019. 
  3. "Galium sylvaticum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/qsearch.do?page=quickSearch&plantName=Galium%2Bsylvaticum. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Altervista Flora Italiana
  5. "Galium sylvaticum", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Galium%20sylvaticum.png 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q159772 entry