Galium tricorne Stokes

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aparine tricornis Fourr.; Aparine verrucosa (Huds.) Moench; Galium granulatum (Spreng.) Roem. & Schult.; Galium saccharatum All.; Galium valantia Weber; Galium verrucosum subsp. halophilum (Ponzo) Lambinon; Galium verrucosum var. halophilum (Ponzo) Natali & Jeanm.; Rubia tricornis Baill.; Valantia aparine L.; Valantia granulata Spreng.; Valantia saccharata (All.) C.C.Gmel.; Valantia tricornis Roth
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Galium verrucosum Huds.
  • Common name : Corn Cleavers, Ough corn bedstraw, Roughfruit corn bedstraw
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Meadows on mountain slopes, open fields, river beaches, ditch sides; 400 - 4000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Adventive weed
  • Key identification features : Leaves 1-3 cm long, mostly recurved or revolute. Stem angles and leaves strongly scabrid. Peduncle up to 1.0 cm long
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Yugoslavia
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Mediterranean and India, Pakistan
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 144
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Galium tricorne. Downloaded on 7 December 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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