Galium thunbergianum var. thunbergianum Rouy

Variety

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Characteristics

Suberect or procumbent perennial herb with extensive rhizome; stems, leaves, peduncles and pedicels glabrous or nearly so. Leaves in whorls of 4, 3-nerved, ovate, elliptic or rhombic, up to 18(-22) x 8(-10) mm, sessile. Flowers: inflorescence many flowered; corolla 4-merous, greenish, greenish white to yellowish; Dec.-May. Fruit with subglobose mericarps densely covered with hooked, white hairs.
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Suberect or procumbent perennial herb. Stems, leaves, peduncles and pedicels glabrous or nearly so. Leaves in whorls of 4, 3-nerved, ovate, elliptic or rhombic. Inflorescence many-flowered. Mericarps densely covered with hooked white hairs. Flowers greenish, greenish white to yellowish.
Stems, leaves, peduncles and pedicels glabrous or nearly so (occasionally a few hairs at some of the upper nodes or along the nerves of the leaves). Flowering Period: December to March (April).
Stems, leaves, peduncles and pedicels glabrous or nearly so (occasionally a few hairs at some upper nodes or along nerves of leaves).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Galium thunbergianum var. thunbergianum world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Sudan, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168482-1
WFO ID wfo-0000970385
COL ID 5P3TM
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Synonyms

Galium natalense Galium thunbergianum var. thunbergianum