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Great Marsh Bedstraw

Galium elongatum

Great Marsh Bedstraw
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Europe, Medit. to NW. Iran, NW. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Galium elongatum (marsh bedstraw or tall bedstraw) is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is widespread across most of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from Turkey to Palestine to Iran.

Galium elongatum is a tall, erect herb with panicles of small white flowers.

Other Galium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galium elongatum 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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