Anise bedstraw

Anise bedstraw
	Anise bedstraw ( Galium verrucosum )
Systematics
Order :	Enzianartige (Gentianales)
Family :	Red family (Rubiaceae)
Subfamily :	Rubioideae
Tribe :	Rubieae
Genre :	Bedstraws ( Galium )
Type :	Anise bedstraw
Scientific name
	Galium verrucosum
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The anise-bedstraw ( Galium verrucosum ), also Warzenfrüchtiges bedstraw , belongs within the family of the redness plants (Rubiaceae) to the genus Galium ( Galium ).

description

The anise bedstraw is a 5 to 20 centimeter high thermophyte branched from the base . The stem is rough. The leaves are 0.5 to 1.5 inches long and 1.5 to 5 millimeters wide. They are rough on the edge with forward-facing spines, and they stand in five- to six-fold whorls .

Flowering period extends from June to July. The partial inflorescences are one to three-flowered, shorter than the leaf whorl, and bent downwards after flowering. The corolla is yellowish white to white, and it has a diameter of 2 to 2.5 millimeters. The fruits are 0.5 to 0.6 inches long and densely covered with white, blistered warts. The fruit stalks are curved down.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22 or 44.

Distribution and locations in Central Europe

The main distribution area of the anise bedstraw extends from the Mediterranean area to the Middle East . It often grows in grain fields, less often on fallow land and in wasteland. Occasionally it occurs in Saxony and Brandenburg as well as at the foot of the Alps, such as the Bergamasque Alps . Often the species occurs on loose and nevertheless clayey or clayey-sandy soils in climate-favored areas. It is probably a species of the Secalietea class.

literature

Otto Schmeil, Jost Fitschen (greeting), Siegmund Seybold: The flora of Germany and the neighboring countries. A book for identifying all wild and frequently cultivated vascular plants. 95th completely revised u. exp. Edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-494-01498-2 .
Werner Rothmaler: Excursion flora from Germany, vascular plants: basic volume . 20th edition, 2011, Spektrum Verlag Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-8274-1606-3 .
Henning Haeupler , Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany (= the fern and flowering plants of Germany. Volume 2). 2nd, corrected and enlarged edition. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4990-2 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 769 .
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Galium verrucosum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 4, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Anise bedstraw ( Galium verrucosum ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Anise bedstraw. In: FloraWeb.de.
Anise bedstraw . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
Thomas Meyer: Bedstraw data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
Page with pictures

[Oberdorfer2001-1] Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 769 .

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Galium verrucosum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 4, 2020.