Galium verrucosum, common name warty bedstraw (US) or southern cleavers (UK), is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. The epithet "verrucosum" means "warty" in reference to the numerous bumps on the mature fruit. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal and Morocco to Turkey and Palestine. It is reportedly naturalized in Great Britain, Central Europe (from Switzerland to Poland), the Canary Islands, Madeira, and Wayne County (Michigan).[1][2][3]
Galium verrucosum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Galium |
Species: | G. verrucosum
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Binomial name | |
Galium verrucosum Huds.
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References
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edit- Waste, Guía de Plantas, Galium verrucosum
- Flowers in Israel, Warty bedstraw, Southern cleavers, דבקת הפטמות Galium verrucosum
- Flore Alpes Gaillet halophile
- Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, Galium verrucosum
- Wild Plants of Malta and Gozo, southern cleavers