- Source: Galium rubioides
Galium rubioides, the European bedstraw, is a species of plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe and Asia. Natural distribution is from Austria and Croatia east to Russia and Turkey, plus the Caucasus, Western Siberia, Kazakhstan, northern China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Xinjiang) and the Amur region of Russia. The species is also reportedly naturalized in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Galium rubioides is an erect herb up to 100 cm tall, with broad leaves up to 20 cm long and 15 cm wide, generally in whorls of 4. Fruits and roots have a reddish tinge.
References
External links
Media related to Galium rubioides at Wikimedia Commons
Photo of herbarium specimen, type of Galium rubioides
Info Flora, Das Nationale Daten- und Informationszentrum der Schweizer Flora, Galium rubioides
Forum Acta Plantarum, Archivo floristico (with many nice photos)
Botanische Spaziergaenge, Bilder von Österreichs Flora
Plantarium Russia, Описание таксона Galium rubioides
Molbiol Подмаренник мареновидный (Galium rubioides, Rubiaceae)
