Galium verrucosum

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Galium
Species:
G. verrucosum
Binomial name
Galium verrucosum
Huds.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aparine tricornis Fourr.
  • Valantia aparine L.
  • Galium valantia Weber in F.H.Wiggers
  • Galium tricorne Stokes in W.Withering
  • Valantia mammifera H.Teton.
  • Aparine verrucosa (Huds.) Moench
  • Valantia tricornis Roth
  • Rubia tricornis Baill.

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