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Mount Aetna Bedstraw

Galium aetnicum

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
C. & S. Italy, Sardegna, Sicilia
Climate
temperate

About

Galium aetnicum (common name Mount Aetna bedstraw) is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. The species is named for Mount Etna, the large and active volcano on the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean. The species is native to the island, and also to the Lazio and Abruzzo regions of mainland Italy. There are reports of the plant growing in Sardinia as well, but these are unconfirmed.

Galium aetnicum is larger than most other species in the genus, with a showy panicle of white flowers.

Other Galium plants

White bedstraw · Phloxleaf bedstraw · Narrowleaf bedstraw · Alpine Bedstraw · Galium antarcticum · Stickywilly · Sand Bedstraw · Argus bedstraw · Awned bedstraw · Arkansas bedstraw · Rough bedstraw · Galium austriacum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galium aetnicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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