Galium mollugo

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Hedge bedstraw


Close up image of the Galium mollugo flower under a dissecting microscope
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. mollugo
Binomial name
*Galium mollugo* L.
Synonyms
Galium erectum Huds. Galium mollugo subsp. erectum (Huds.) Briq. Galium mollugo var. erectum (Huds.) Domin Rubia mollugo (L.) Baillon

Galium mollugo, common name hedge bedstraw^[1] or false baby's breath, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Rubiaceae. It shares the name hedge bedstraw with the related European species, Galium album.

Description

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Galium mollugo can reach a height of 15–100 cm (5.9–39.4 in). The stems are square in cross-section, more or less erect with ascending branches. Starting from the axils of leaves it has inflorescences of small white flowers with a diameter of about 1 to 1.5 cm, with four petals. The flowering period extends from May to September.^[2]^[3]

Habitat

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Galium mollugo commonly occurs in hedges, bushes, paths, meadows and slopes at an elevation up to 2,100 m (6,900 ft) above sea level.

Distribution

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Galium mollugo is widely distributed in Europe and North Africa from Denmark, Portugal and Morocco east to the Altay region of Siberia and to the Caucasus. It is naturalized in the Russian Far East, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Greenland, Argentina, Uruguay, and much of North America. It has been reported from the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevadas and the Appalachian Mountains as well as the Great Lakes region. It is classified as a noxious weed in New York, Pennsylvania and much of New England.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

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^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Biota of North America Program
^ Altervista Flora Italiana

External links

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Media related to Galium mollugo at Wikimedia Commons
Biolib Galium mollugo
Flora of Northern Ireland Galium mollugo
Plants Database Galium mollugo
Plants for a Future Galium mollugo
Wilde Planten in Nederland en Belgie, Glad walstro, Galium mollugo Archived 2014-05-07 at the Wayback Machine

Taxon identifiers

Galium mollugo

Wikidata: Q159744
Wikispecies: Galium mollugo
APDB: 153094
APNI: 234231
BioLib: 40600
Calflora: 3713
CoL: 3F644
EoL: 1108055
EPPO: GALMO
EUNIS: 181782
GBIF: 9039392
GRIN: 103278
iNaturalist: 77206
IPA: 11549
IPNI: 750253-1
IRMNG: 10202468
ITIS: 34891
NatureServe: 2.155400
NBN: NBNSYS0000004308
NCBI: 254777
NZOR: 8963cb83-dca4-470c-9422-5c9cec5ec149
NZPCN: 3969
Open Tree of Life: 720440
PfaF: Galium mollugo
PFI: 4131
Plant List: kew-86839
PLANTS: GAMO
POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:750253-1
Tropicos: 27900093
VASCAN: 9009
VicFlora: 9d6fb7e6-b1bd-40a8-939b-51e16d6197e4
WiO: smooth-bedstraw
WFO: wfo-0000969499
WoRMS: 993894

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