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Galium spurium

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Rubiaceae

Scientific name
  
Galium spurium

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Gentianales

Genus
  
Galium

Higher classification
  
Galium

Galium spurium Wild Plants of Malta amp Gozo Plant Galium spurium False Cleavers

Similar
  
Galium, Rubiaceae, Galium boreale, Galium tricornutum, Galium uliginosum

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. It is considered a noxious weed in many places.

Galium spurium Wild Plants of Malta amp Gozo Plant Galium spurium False Cleavers

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.

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Subspecies

Many varietal and subspecific names have been proposed, but at present (May 2014) only 3 are recognized:

Galium spurium Galium spurium var echinospermon Yaemugura

  • 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

    • Galium spurium Galium aparine subsp spurium

    Galium spurium FileGalium spurium 20020626 Jena Germany 2jpg Wikimedia Commons

    Galium spurium FileGalium spurium 20020626 Jena Germanyjpg Wikimedia Commons

    Galium spurium Wild Plants of Malta amp Gozo Plant Galium spurium False Cleavers

    References

    Galium spurium Wikipedia
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