Galium mollugo, L.

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 : 24

38. G. mollugo L. , Sp. Pl. 107 (1753)

( G. mollugo subsp. tyrolense (Willd.) Hayek ).

Stock usually reddish, with long subterranean stolons. Stems 30-150 cm, usually glabrous, ascending to weakly procumbent, with numerous branches. Leaves 10-25 x 2-7 mm, oblong to broadly oblanceolate, abruptly narrowed towards apex, thin, light green. Inflorescence lax, broadly ovoid, much branched; pedicels 2-3(4) mm, slender, strongly divaricate after anthesis. Corolla 2-3 mm in diameter, white. 2« = 22. Open woods, hedges and meadows. • Throughout Europe, except some of the islands and parts of the north. Al Au?Be Br?Bu Co Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (C, W) Sa Si?Su. 38 and 39 have often been combined under G. mollugo', their distribution-data are still provisional.