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Galium uliginosum

Whangaimoana, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 03/04/2010, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Portland Island.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 17/12/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Mahia Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 17/12/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <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

fen bedstraw

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Galium

Family

Rubiaceae

Authority

Galium uliginosum L.

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1981

Origin

Europe

Other information

Etymology

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

uliginosum: Growing in marshy places

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

GALULI

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