Galium montis-arerae

Pizzo Arera Bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species: G. montis-arerae
Binomial name
Galium montis-arerae
Merxm. & Ehrend.

Galium montis-arerae, the Pizzo Arera Bedstraw, is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae.[1] It is found only on the mountain called Pizzo Arera, in the Bergamo Alps of Lombardia region in northern Italy.[2][3]

Galium montis-arerae is an ascending, caespitose herb. Stems are square in cross-section, up to 40 cm long. Leaves are in whorls of 6-8 narrowly oblanceolate leaves, thick and somewhat succulent. Inflorescence is an elongated panicle of yellow flowers.[4]

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