Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Galium arenarium Loisel. |
Bibliography | Fl. Gall. 1: 85 (1806) |
Native Range | w. France to nw. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | underground shoots, leaves verticillate, 3-8mm long, broadly lanceolate, subcarnose, shiny, flowers 3-4mm long in small fascicles |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Galium mollugo var. arenarium (Loisel.) Dumort Galium hierosolymitanum Thore Galium megalospermum var. hierosolymitanum Thore ex Lam. & DC. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |