Biology:Galium trifidum
| Threepetal bedstraw | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. trifidum
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| Binomial name | |
| Galium trifidum | |
Galium trifidum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, known by the common name three-petal bedstraw.[1] It grows widespread in the arctic, temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere: northern and central Asia (Siberia, the Russian Far East, China , Korea, Japan , Kazakhstan), northern and eastern Europe (Scandinavia, France , Austria, Poland , Russia , Ukraine , Baltic states) and much of North America (from Greenland and the Aleutians as far south as Oaxaca and Hispaniola).[2][3][4]
Galium trifidum is a usually perennial herb forming tangles of thin stems up to half a meter long, ringed with whorls of several linear to oval leaves. The inflorescence is a cluster of small white or pinkish flowers, each with usually three petal-like lobes in its corolla.[5][6][7]
Subspecies
Five subspecies are currently recognized (May 2014):[2]
- Galium trifidum subsp. brevipes (Fernald & Wiegand) Á.Löve & D.Löve - Canada and the northern United States (Dakotas to Maine)[4]
- Galium trifidum subsp. columbianum (Rydb.) Hultén - Russian Far East (Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin), Japan , Korea, China , Taiwan, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington (state) , Oregon, California , Nevada, Idaho, Montana
- Galium trifidum subsp. halophilum (Fernald & Wiegand) Puff - Quebec, Newfoundland, Canadian Maritimes, Maine, Massachusetts
- Galium trifidum subsp. subbiflorum (Wiegand) Puff - Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, British Columbia, high elevations in the western United States as far south as California and New Mexico
- Galium trifidum subsp. trifidum - widespread throughout most of species range
References
- ↑ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 475. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, Galium trifidum
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Biota of North America Program, Galium brevipes
- ↑ Cody, W. J. 1996. Flora of the Yukon Territory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.
- ↑ Voss, E. G. 1996. Michigan Flora, Part III: Dicots (Pyrolaceae-Compositae). Cranbrook Inst. of Science, Ann Arbor.
- ↑ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment, Galium trifidum
- USDA Plants Profile, Galium trifidum
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, Galium trifidum
- Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, Turner Photographics (Bellingham Washington State USA), Galium trifidum
- Botanik im Bild / Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Dreizählig-Labkraut, Rubiaceae / Galium trifidum
Wikidata ☰ Q3504042 entry
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