Galium montis-arerae

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Pizzo Arera bedstraw
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. montis-arerae
Binomial name
Galium montis-arerae

Galium montis-arerae, the Pizzo Arera bedstraw, is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae. [1] It is named after the mountain called Pizzo Arera, in the Bergamo Alps of Lombardia region in northern Italy. [2] [3] It is found only in the range from Monte Pegherolo to Concarena in Bergamasque Prealps. [4]

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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