Wall bedstraw
Galium parisiense
Synonyms: Galium rubrum, Galium scabrum, Galium gracile, Galium intricatum, Galium tenellum, Aparinella litigiosa, Galium litigiosum var. nanum, Galium perpusillum, Galium divaricatum var. tenellum, Galium parisiense subvar. litigiosum, Galium parisiense subvar. trichocarpum, Galium parisiense subsp. decipiens, Galium gracile var. parisiense, Galium anglicum subsp. decipiens, Galium anglicum var. chamaeaparine, Galium parisiense subsp. euparisiense, Galium parisiense subvar. decipiens, Galium intricatulum, Galium minutiflorum, Galium anglicum var. litigiosum, Galium ruricola, Aparinella decipiens, Galium divaricatum var. lasiocarpum, Galium chamaeaparine, Galium parisiense f. decipiens, Galium decipiens var. depauperatum, Galium parisiense var. vestitum, Galium parisiense var. tenellum, Galium parisiense var. gracile, Galium axillare, Aparinella parisiensis, Galium parisiense subsp. litigiosum, Galium decipiens, Galium anglicum var. hispidum, Galium parisiense var. decipiens, Galium parisiense f. microspermum, Galium willkommianum, Galium anglicum subsp. parisiense, Galium divaricatum var. lasiospermum, Galium parisiense var. trichocarpum, Galium divaricatum var. microspermum, Galium parisiense var. typicum, Galium parisiense var. willkommianum, Galium litigiosum, Aparine parisiensis, Galium parisiense var. ruricola, Galium microspermum, Galium anglicum subsp. tenellum, Galium parisiense var. litigiosum, Aparinella ruricola, Galium parisiense var. lasiocarpum, Galium parisiense subsp. tenellum, Galium anglicum var. ruricola
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Botanical Description
Galium parisiense is a slender, weakly ascending annual herb of the madder family growing 10-30 cm tall with much-branched, four-angled stems that are minutely roughened along the angles with downward-pointing prickles. Leaves are arranged in whorls of 5-7, narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4-8 mm long, single-veined, and edged with small recurved bristles; they typically reflex against the stem as they mature. Inflorescences are small terminal and axillary cymes bearing tiny four-lobed flowers 0.5-1 mm across, each greenish-yellow to whitish and often tinged reddish-purple outside. The fruits are paired, globose, granular-papillose mericarps about 1 mm in diameter that are dispersed by adhesion. Found on dry sandy soils, wall tops, rocky banks, and disturbed open ground across the Mediterranean basin and western Europe, the species flowers from May to July.
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Traditional American Uses
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