- Family:
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Galium L.
Galium murale (L.) All.

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, procumbent or ascending; stems up to 20 cm long, smooth or scabrid with recurved hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves in whorls of 4–6; blades narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, 4–10 x 0.8–3 mm, shortly awned at the apex, scabrid with forwardly directed hairs along margins
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Flowers 1–4 at each node, solitary or in 2-flowered inflorescences; pedicels 0.5–2(–7) mm long, ± deflexed after anthesis
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla c. 0.7 mm in diam., yellowish
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Mericarps cylindrical to reniform, c. 1.5 mm long, curved and becoming separated from each other, with hooked hairs or short papillae especially towards the apex.
- Distribution
- N2 from the Canary Is in the west, across the Mediterranean Region, and to Iraq in the east.
- Ecology
- Altitude c. 1550 m.
- Note
- First record for Somalia and tropical Africa (at 10°58´N, 48°52´E). The Somali material has pedicels up to 7 mm long that is longer than normal in the species, and the mericarps have no long hairs but are papillose at the tip.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
California, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Galium murale (L.) All. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Auct. Syn. Meth. Stirp. Hort. Regii Taur.: 8 (1773)
Accepted by
- Bergmeier, E., Blockeel, T., Böhling, N., Fournaraki, C., Gotsiou, P., Jahn, R., Lansdown, R. & Turland, N. (2011). An inventory of the vascular plants and bryophytes of Gavdopoula island (S Aegean, Greece) and its phytogeographical significance Willdenowia 41: 179-190.
- Berry, M. (2019). Adventures and aliens news 17 BSBI News 141: 41-47.
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2007). Flora Iberica 15: 1-449. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hadinec, J. & Lustyk, P. (2012). Additions to the flora of the Czech Republic. X Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 47: 43-158.
- Thompson, I.R. (2009). A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubieae: Rubiaceae) in Australia Muelleria 27: 36-112.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Berry, M. (2019). Adventures and aliens news 17 BSBI News 141: 41-47.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Ehrendorfer, F., Schönbeck-Temesy, E., Puff, C. & Rechinger, W. (2005). Rubiaceae Flora Iranica 176: 1-287. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Hadinec, J. & Lustyk, P. (2012). Additions to the flora of the Czech Republic. X Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 47: 43-158.
- Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Thompson, I.R. (2009). A revision of Asperula and Galium (Rubieae: Rubiaceae) in Australia Muelleria 27: 36-112.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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