bedstraw

Galium

Summary 7

Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Some species are informally known as bedstraw.

Description 8

Annual or perennial herbs, erect, creeping or climbing. Stems often 4-angled, sometimes prickly. Stipules similar to the leavesLeaves (and leaf-like stipules) in whorls of 4-10, ± sessile. Flowers in axillary or terminal cymes, bisexual, rarely unisexual, usually 4-merous, not enclosed in an involucre. Calyx reduced to a rim; teeth 0. Corolla rotate to ± campanulate, greenish, creamy-white to bright yellow. Ovary 2-locular with 1 ovule per loculus. Fruit dry, glabrous or variously hairy, consisting of two 1-seeded mericarps.

Fuentes y créditos

  1. (c) bramblejungle, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/10728961@N02/4624840039
  2. (c) Marek Velechovský, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/101353.jpg
  3. (c) Valter Jacinto, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/9568333423_e4506fb89c_o.jpg
  4. (c) User:Jutta234, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Campanula_rotundifolia_and_Galium_verum_-_Iceland_-2007-07-23.jpg/460px-Campanula_rotundifolia_and_Galium_verum_-_Iceland_-2007-07-23.jpg
  5. (c) Biopix, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Galium-valdepilosum-59966.JPG
  6. (c) Biopix, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/JCS-Galium-elongatum-61125.JPG
  7. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium
  8. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/19230438

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