Galium glaucum

Waxy bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. glaucum
Binomial name
Galium glaucum L.
Synonyms [1]
Asperula glauca (L.) Besser Asperula galioides var. glauca (L.) Nyman

Galium glaucum or waxy bedstraw is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is native to central Europe from Portugal to Ukraine, and sparingly naturalized in a few locations in North America (Quebec, Ontario, Connecticut and New Jersey). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized: ^[1]

• Galium glaucum subsp. australeFranco - Spain and Portugal
• Galium glaucum subsp. glaucum - France to Ukraine
• Galium glaucum subsp. murcicum(Boiss. & Reut.) O.Bolòs & Vigo - southeastern Spain

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Galium glaucum
2. Biota of North America Program Galium glaucum
3. Altervista Flora Italiana Galium glaucum

External links

• Media related to Galium glaucum at Wikimedia Commons
• Tela Botanica
• Naturspaziergang, Galium glaucum / Blaugrünes Labkraut
• Syringa, Blaugrüner Waldmeister, Galium glaucum "Hohenhewen"
• Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, waxy bedstraw