Galium rubrum

Galium rubrum (reddish bedstraw or Caglio arrossato) is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is known only from mountainous areas on Switzerland and northern Italy (Valle d'Aosta, Piemonte, Lombardia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna).[1][2]

Galium rubrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. rubrum
Binomial name
Galium rubrum
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Galium purpureum DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle
  • Galium morisii Spreng.
  • Galium rubrum var. parviflorum Gaudin
  • Galium hirtum Hegetschw.
  • Galium rubrum var. hirtum Nyman
  • Galium lichtensteinianum Kyburg
  • Galium leyboldii A.Kern
  • Galium rubrum var. grenieri Briq.
  • Galium rubrum var. leyboldii (A.Kern.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud
  • Galium rubrum var. transiens Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud

Galium rubrum is an erect to ascending herb with large panicles bearing many small pink or red flowers.[2]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Altervista Flora Italiana


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