Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Ehrendorfer et al. in Tutin et al. (1976).
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Distribution: Native from Central and Southeast Europe to West Siberia and Israel according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Riverbanks.
Flowering period: Summer – fall: JUL, AUG, SEP.
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References:
Gallium L. Ehrendorfer, F. (Sect. Platygalium, Trachygalium, Galium, Leiogalium, Jubogalium and Kolgyda in collaboration with Krendl, F.; Sect. Aparinoides in collaboration with Puff., Ch.) in 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, pp. 14 – 36.
