Galium megalospermum

Swiss bedstraw
big-seeded bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species: G. megalospermum
Binomial name
Galium megalospermum
All.
Synonyms[1]
  • Galium montanum Vill.
  • Galium pusillum Vill.
  • Galium prostratum Haller ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Galium villarsii Gaudin ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Galium sylvestre subsp. virens Gaudin
  • Galium rupicola Bertol.
  • Galium syriacum Hauke.
  • Galium helveticum var. elongatum Gren. & Godr.
  • Galium cenisium Arv.-Touv.
  • Galium sylvestre var. montanum Nyman
  • Galium helveticum var. allionii Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud
  • Galium helveticum var. cenisium (Arv.-Touv.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud

Galium megalospermum, the Swiss bedstraw or big-seeded bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the Alps in Central Europe (eastern France, Switzerland, Austria, southern Germany and northern Italy).[1][2]

Galium megalospermum is a low-lying plant rarely more than 5 cm tall, forming clumps, very often in narrow places between rocks. Leaves are whorled, usually 6 or 7 per node, egg-shaped, thick and fleshy. Flowers are white to cream-colored, with 4 or 5 petals.[3][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Caglio a frutti penduli
  3. ↑ Allioni, Carlo. 1773. Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 9
  4. ↑ Info Flora, Centre National de données de d'information sur la flore de la Suisse, Galium megalospermum All.
  5. ↑ Forum Acta Plantarum, Galium megalospermum All. - Caglio elvetico

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