Sterner's bedstraw

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Sterner's bedstraw
Systematics
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Enzianartige (Gentianales)
Family : Red family (Rubiaceae)
Genre : Bedstraws ( Galium )
Type : Sterner's bedstraw
Scientific name
Galium sterneri
Honoring.

Sterner's bedstraw ( Galium sterneri ) is a species of the red family (Rubiaceae). It is similar to the bedstraw ( Galium pumilum ). The species is named after the Swedish teacher and botanist Rikard Sterner (1891-1956).

features

Sterner's bedstraw is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 5 to 15, rarely up to 25 centimeters. This hemicryptophyte grows fast and forms numerous non-flowering square stems . The stem is already branched below the middle, tender and has a diameter of less than 7 millimeters. The leaves are narrow, obverse eilanzettlich and six to eight times as long as wide.

The inflorescence is pyramidal. The flower stalks are 1 to 2 millimeters long. The crown has a diameter of 2.3 to 3.3 mm. The fruit is pointed papillae.

The flowering period extends from June to August.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 44.

Occurrence

Sterner's bedstraw is a Nordic-subatlantic, oceanic floral element . It occurs in Great Britain, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Denmark, Norway and Germany. In Central Europe it occurs only in Denmark and in Germany on Sylt . This species inhabits sandy and stony raw soils on the coast.

supporting documents

  • Siegmund Seybold : Flora of Germany and neighboring countries. A book for identifying vascular plants that grow wild and often cultivated . Founded by Otto Schmeil , Jost Fitschen . 93rd completely revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2006, ISBN 3-494-01413-2 .
  • Eckehart J. Jäger, Klaus Werner (Ed.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. 10th edited edition. tape 4 : Vascular Plants: Critical Volume . Elsevier, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich / Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8274-1496-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.  767 .
  2. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Galium sterneri. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 4, 2020.

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