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Galium mahadivense

Galium mahadivense is a perennial herb in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to the western Himalaya, known from Jammu and Kashmir. Little is documented about its cultivation, so it is mainly a wild alpine or subalpine plant rather than a common garden subject.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil lightly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil with a gritty mix.
Temperature
Cool conditions suited to subalpine climates; tolerates frost well.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Himalaya
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Galium mahadivense, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Jammu and Kashmir, in disputed territory administered by India but claimed by Pakistan.

Galium mahadivense was originally described from a site near the city of Srinagar.

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 mahadivense 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.

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