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Galium divaricatum

Inflorescence. Kakariki. Jan 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Middlemarch.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Date taken: 20/12/2013, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Middlemarch.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Date taken: 21/12/2013, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

slender bedstraw

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Galium

Family

Rubiaceae

Authority

Galium divaricatum Lam.

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1883

Origin

S. and C. Europe

Other information

Etymology

galium: From the Greek galo ‘milk’, the leaves of Galium verum being used in the past to curdle milk

divaricatum: Wide spreading

NVS code

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GALDIV

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