Galium spurium, the stickwilly[1] or false cleavers, is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa and Canada, and is naturalized in Australia.[2][3][4] It is considered a noxious weed in many places.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Galium |
| Species: | G. spurium
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Galium vaillantii DC. | |
Galium spurium is an erect or reclining herb up to 50 cm tall. Stems are square in cross-section. Leaves are in whorls of 6–8, narrowly lanceolate. Flowers are in multi-flowered cymes or panicles, white or yellow-green.[6]
Subspecies
editMany varietal and subspecific names have been proposed, but at present (May 2014) only 3 are recognized:[2]
- Galium spurium subsp. africanum Verdc. - mountains of tropical and southern Africa; also Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Socotra
- Galium spurium subsp. ibicinum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Ehrend. - Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan
- Galium spurium subsp. spurium - widespread
References
edit- ^ Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds. (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 475. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Galium spurium [Caglio spurio] - Flora Italiana". luirig.altervista.org. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
- ^ Wenming Zhang & K. L. Bailey. 2000. Biological Control of Cleavers (Galium spurium and G. aparine) with Pathogenic Fungi - Exploration and Discovery. Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds 4-14 July 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana USA Neal R. Spencer (ed.). pp. 117-123
- ^ "Galium spurium in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. p. 136. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
External links
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- Impact and control in Australia[permanent dead link]
- line drawing for Flora of Pakistan
- Plants for a Future
- NatureGate, Luonotoportti (Helsinki), false cleavers
- Tela Botanica, Gaillet bâtard
- Floraweb, Galium spurium L., Kleinfrüchtiges Kletten-Labkraut
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