Species Galium subvillosum
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There aren’t any identifications of Galium subvillosum.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Galium:
Gk. galion = bedstraw, from gala = milk; referring to the flowers of G. verum, lady’s bedstraw. This plant was, in the past, used to curdle milk and is still used to colour cheese (Don Perrin). insects and plants to Linnaeus and others. His support of England in the American Revolutionary War resulted in the confiscation of his property. The plant name assigned to him by Linnaeus is a South African genus, although he never visited South Africa. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (1773), a founder Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783) and on his return to England became the Royal Society’s vice-president.
Scientific name:
Galium subvillosum Sond.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 3: 38 (1865)
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Year published:
1865
Scrambling glabrescent perennial to 60 cm. Leaves in whorls of 5--11, lanceolate, margins ciliate. Flowers axillary, in 3s, anthers well exserted, yellowish. Sept.--Dec. Damp sandstone slopes, SW (Ceres to Kogelberg).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Galium subvillosum.