Biology:Galium sylvaticum
Galium sylvaticum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Galium |
Species: | G. sylvaticum
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Galium sylvaticum (wood bedstraw)", Go Botany (New England Wildflower Society), https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/Galium/sylvaticum/, retrieved 2018-06-28
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Altervista Flora Italiana
- ↑ "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
- USDA Plants profile, Scotch mist, Galium sylvaticum
- Tela Botanica, Gaillet des bois
- Wilde Planten in Nederland en België, Boswalstro, Scotchmist, Gaillet des forêts, Wald-Labkraut, Galium sylvaticum
- Botanische Spaziergaenge, Bilder von Österreichs Flora, Galium sylvaticum / (Eigentliches) Wald- Labkraut
Wikidata ☰ Q159772 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium sylvaticum.
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