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Galium glaucum (waxy bedstraw)

Synonyms: Asperula galioides var. glauca; Asperula galioides var. saxonica; Asperula glauca (homotypic); Galium glaucum var. saxonicum

Wikipedia Abstract

Galium glaucum or waxy bedstraw is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is native to central Europe from Portugal to Ukraine, and sparingly naturalized in a few locations in North America (Quebec, Ontario, Connecticut and New Jersey).
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Infraspecies

Galium glaucum australe
Galium glaucum glaucum
Galium glaucum murcicum

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Herb
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [2]  Strong Base
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [2]  Very Dry

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge VI 3161 New Jersey, United States
Lößnitzgrund und Lößnitzhänge 284 Germany  
Palava Protected Landscape Area V   Czech Republic  

Predators

Schizomyia galiorum[4]
Vasates minutus <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0