Galium humifusum

Galium humifusum (spreading bedstraw)[1] is a plant species in the Rubiaceae.[2] Its native range stretches from the Black Sea region (Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Caucasus) to Iran, Central Asia, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Mongolia and a few smaller countries. The species has also been regarded as a waif in the wild in Washington state in the United States.[3][4][5]

Galium humifusum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. humifusum
Binomial name
Galium humifusum
M.Bieb.

References
  1. "Galium humifusum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. Marschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica exhibens stirpes phaenogamas, in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Charkouiae 1: 104–105
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Biota of North America Program
  5. Flora of China v 19 p 126, Galium humifusum


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