| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Galium kamtschaticum Steller ex Schult. & Schult.f. |
| Synonyms | Galium littellii Oakes |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 100-2300m |
| Description | stems glabrous, leaves in whorls of 4, sessile, broadly elliptic to suborbiculate, 10-25mm, glabrous, rounded, mucronate, inflorescence 2-6cm long, temrinal or axillary |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | white, greenish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Kuril Is. , Sakhalin ) China (Manchuria , China Southeast ) Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Yukon ) Western Canada (British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Newfoundland , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon , Washington ) Northeastern U.S.A. (New York , Vermont) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RUBIACEAE
kamtschaticum yakusimense (Masam.) T.Yamaz., J. Jap. Bot. 58(10): 305 (1983)
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