Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Galium L. [200]

genus_ja:

genus_en: Bedstraw

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Rubiaceae

family_ja: アカネ

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distribution_en:

description_en: Genus of about 400 species of annuals and perennials, widely distributed in woodland, hedgerows, meadows, and wasteland, mainly in temperate regions. Most have whorls of linear leaves, produced on weak stems that may be scrambling and rough, with recurved bristles, or shorter and smooth. The flowers are white, pinkish white, or yellow, and are borne singly or in terminal or axillary panicles or cymes; they are tubular, with usually 4 or 5 corolla-lobes, which are often recurved. Many Galium species are invasive, but a few are good garden plants, including G. odoratum, which is useful as ground cover in woodland and is attractive to bees. Alpine species from dry regions are best grown in a scree bed or alpine house.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a shaded cold frame as soon as ripe. Separate rhizomes in autumn or early spring.

pests_en: rouble free.

description_ja:

comment: Cosmopolitan

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41

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