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Galium divaricatum
Also called Slender Bedstraw
Lamarck's bedstraw (Galium divaricatum) is a small annual herb in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) with thin, spreading stems and whorled leaves, native to the Mediterranean and Black Sea region and Macaronesia. It is a weedy wildflower that grows from seed each year, so it does best in open, sunny ground.
Galium divaricatum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name Lamarck's bedstraw.
The plant is native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Black Sea region, from Portugal and Morocco to Turkey and Crimea; as well as the Macaronesia archipelago.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galium divaricatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
