Galium triflorum, Michx

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 20

11. G. triflorum Michx , FI. Bor. Amer. 1: 80 (1803).

Stems 30-80 cm, few, arising from a slender rhizome, decumbent to ascending, glabrous or with a few hairs, not hairy at the nodes. Leaves (12-)18-30(-45) x (4-)6-10(-14) mm, (2*5-)3-3*5(-4*5) times as long as wide, widest usually at or above the middle. Inflorescence narrowly pyramidal; partial inflorescences terminal and lateral, with long peduncles. Pedicels 1 *5-10 mm in flower, up to 25 mm in fruit; bracts usually present throughout. Corolla 1 -5-3-5 mm in diameter, greenish to whitish; lobes apiculate. Fruit 1 *5-2 mm, with hooked hairs c. 0*5 mm. Coniferous woods. Fennoscandia and N. half of U.S.S.R.; two stations in C. Alps. Fe He No Rs (N, B, C) Su.