Galium megalospermum

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Galium megalospermum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. megalospermum
Binomial name
Galium megalospermum
All.
Synonyms [1]
  • Galium montanumVill.
  • Galium pusillumVill.
  • Galium prostratumHaller ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Galium villarsiiGaudin ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Galium sylvestre subsp. virensGaudin
  • Galium rupicolaBertol.
  • Galium syriacumHauke.
  • Galium helveticum var. elongatumGren. & Godr.
  • Galium cenisiumArv.-Touv.
  • Galium sylvestre var. montanumNyman
  • Galium helveticum var. allioniiRouy 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]

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