Galium odoratum (L.) Scop

Taxonomy: Fam. Rubiaceae// Genus: Galium// Species: Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Distribution: Native from Europe to Siberia and Iran; North-Central and South-Central China to Japan, Algeria according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Forests and near rivers, from c. 800 m altitude up to the subalpine belt at c. 1600 m.

Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.

Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.

References:

Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456820-2#children [Accessed 30.05.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.