Galium laevigatum explained

Galium laevigatum is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the mountains of southern and Central Europe: the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Apennines. It has been recorded from Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia.^{[1] [2]}

Galium laevigatum is a fairly large plant for the genus, erect and up to 110 cm tall, often reproducing by means of stolons running along the surface of the ground. Leaves are in whorls of 6–8, each lanceolate and up to 8 cm long. Flowers are white, borne in a large terminal panicle.^[3]

External links

• Flora, Catalogazione floristica per la didattica, Sezione di Biologia Vegetale, DIPI, Università di Udine, Galium laevigatum
• Info Flora, Centro Nazionale di dati e informazioni della Flora Svizzera, Galium laevigatum
• Botanik im Bild / Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, Glatt-Labkraut / "Glattes Labkraut", Galium laevigatum

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=86675 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=galium+laevigatum Altervista Flora Italiana, Caglio levigato
3. http://www.actaplantarum.org/floraitaliae/viewtopic.php?t=31101 Forum Acta Plantarum, Galium laevigatum L. - Caglio levigato