Maiella 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. magellense
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Binomial name | |
Galium magellense
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Galium magellense, Maiella bedstraw, is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is named for the Maiella mountains of central Italy, with the range extending from the Maiellas south along the Apennines to Calabria. [1] [2]
Galium magellense is a diminutive perennial herb that rarely grows more than 10 cm tall. Leaves are whorled, generally about 8 per node, oblanceolate to linear. Flowers are white to pale greenish-yellow. [3] [4]