Rubia peregrina L.

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Rubia peregrina L.

Evergreen, trailing and climbing perennial herb, woody below, up to 2 m tall. Stem narrowly 4-winged, sparsely retrorsely aculeolate on wings. Leaves in whorls of 4–6, coriaceous, 20–50 × 7–18 mm, narrowly elliptical to obovate, shortly acuminate, retrorsely aculeolate on margins. Partial inflorescences terminal and axillary, lax, exceeding leaves. Corolla 4–5 mm in diam., rotate, pale greenish-yellow; lobes lanceolate, aristate. Anthers minute (0.2–0.3 mm), subglobose. Mericarps 4–6 mm in diam., subglobose, finally black and fleshy.

"Ένας καταπληκτικός αναρριχητής. με γυριστά δόντα στο βλαστό, στην περιφέρεια των φύλλων και κάτω από τα φύλλα κατά μήκος του κεντρικού νεύρου." λέει ο Ζαχαρίας. Περισσότερες πληροφορίες στα Χλωρίδα μας, Φυτολόγιο, greekflora.gr, Flora of Greece.

Rubia peregrina

Rubia peregrina

Rubia peregrina

Rubia peregrina

Rubia peregrina

Galium tricornutum Dandy

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Galium tricornutum Dandy

Resembling Galium aparine, but stem and leaves very rough, with short but stout, recurved bristles at angles and margins, respectively; cymes 2–5-flowered, equalling or shorter than subtending leaves; fruiting pedicels stout, curved downwards and inwards, strongly retrorsely aculeolate; mericarps 3–4(–5) mm, densely covered with small, acute papillae.

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Galium tricornutum

Galium tricornutum

Galium verrucosum Huds.

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Galium verrucosum Huds.

Resembling Galium aparine, but small and slender; stem moderately branched from base, usually 10–25 cm, scarcely scrambling, with short, rather weak, slightly recurved bristles on angles; leaves 4–15 mm, oblanceolate, antrorsely aculeolate; cymes 1–3-flowered, shorter than subtending leaves; fruiting pedicels recurved; mericarps paired or often solitary by abortion, globose, 4–6 mm in diam., coarsely and densely verrucose.

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Galium verrucosum

Galium verrucosum

Galium verrucosum (διακρίνεται ο χαρακτηριστικός καρπός)

Galium melanantherum Boiss.

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Galium melanantherum Boiss.

Galium amorginum: Rather robust perennial with a woody stock. Flowering stems ascending, 10–40 cm long and 1.5–3 mm in diam., distinctly quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 6–10, linear-oblanceolate, the middle generally 15–22 × c. 2 mm, rather thick, glabrous, often glaucous-pruinose, with revolute margins, subacute to shortly mucronate. Inflorescence rather dense, narrowly pyramidal, manyflowered. Corolla 4–5 mm in diam., cream to pale greenish-yellow; lobes shortly apiculate. Anthers yellow to dark brown.

Resembling G. amorginum, but more slender; leaves narrower, often deflexed, linear, shortly aristate; inflorescence very lax, with filiform peduncles and pedicels; anthers dark purple to almost black.

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Galium melanantherum

Galium melanantherum

Galium melanantherum

Galium setaceum Lam.

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Galium setaceum Lam.

Annual. Stems (2·5-)5-30(-35) cm, slender, more or less erect, finely retrorsely aculeolate or glabrous. Leaves 5-17(-20) Χ 0·4-0·9 mm, in whorls of (4-)6-8(-10), narrowly linear to filiform, glabrous or sparsely hairy; margin somewhat recurved, with papilliform teeth. Inflorescence lax, broadly ovoid, somewhat squarrose; bracts 3-5 mm, with hooked hairs on the upper surface; pedicels 1-3 mm. Corolla c. 0·5 mm in diameter, purple; lobes apiculate. Fruit with dense, hooked hairs, rarely glabrescent. 2n = 22. Dry, open habitats. (Περιγραφή απο Flora Europaea)

Slender annual, often branched from base, (5–)10–25 cm tall. Stem shortly scabridulous on angles. Lower leaves often in whorls of 4, oblanceolate; upper leaves in whorls of 6–8(–10), linear-setaceous, antrorsely scabridulous on margins and midvein beneath. Inflorescence consisting of 4–6-flowered, corymbose cymes. Pedicels very slender, usually overtopped by filiform bracts. Corolla minute (less than 1 mm), usually purplish. Mericarps 0.5–0.8 mm, broadly reniform, usually densely covered with patent, uncinate hairs, occasionally glabrous and somewhat rugose. (Περιγραφή απο Strid)

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Galium setaceum

Galium setaceum

Galium setaceum

Galium murale (L.) All.

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Galium murale (L.) All.

Delicate annual, usually branched from base. Stems 5–15 cm, procumbent to ascending, ± simple, quadrangular, smooth or with retrorse bristles at angles. Leaves in whorls of 4 or 5, narrowly elliptical, c. 2 mm wide, antrorsely aculeolate at margins, shortly awned. Flowers usually paired in leaf axils (i.e. 2 1-flowered partial inflorescences at each node). Peduncles and pedicels very short, subglabrous, ± thickened and patent to reflexed in fruit. Corolla minute (0.5–1 mm in diam.), yellowish. Mericarps c. 1.5 mm, cylindrical, curved and separated at middle, with robust hooked setae at least towards apex. (Περιγραφή απο Strid)

Stems 5-20 cm, procumbent or ascending from a much-branched base, but usually without branches above, smooth or retrorsely aculeolate (also with patent hairs above). Leaves 4-10 Χ 0·8-2·5 mm, in whorls of 4-6, widely to narrowly oblanceolate, shortly awned, hairy to glabrescent. Inflorescence cylindrical, few-flowered, with 1-4 flowers in each whorl, in 2-flowered partial inflorescences or solitary; pedicels 0·5-1·5 mm, shorter than the bracts, deflexed after anthesis. Corolla c. 0·7 mm in diameter, yellowish, glabrous or somewhat hairy externally; lobes acute. Fruit 1·3-1·5 mm, cylindrical; mericarps curved and separated from one another, often unequal, and with hooked setae especially towards the apex (rarely glabrous). 2n = 44. Roadsides, rocky ground and other dry, open habitats. (Περιγραφή απο Flora Europaea)

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Galium murale

Galium murale

Galium murale

Sherardia arvensis L.

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Sherardia arvensis L.

Annual herb, usually branched from base; stems procumbent to suberect, 5–20 cm, sharply tetragonous, subglabrous. Leaves in whorls of 4–6, the lowest short and broadly obovate, the upper larger, up to 15 × 5 mm, thin, narrowly elliptical, acuminate. Flowers sessile in lateral and terminal heads subtended by leaf-like bracts connate for 2–3 mm at base. Calyx 4–6-dentate, persistent and somewhat indurate in fruit. Corolla 4–6 mm, narrowly funnel-shaped, usually pink. Fruit of 2 dry, ovoid mericarps.

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Sherardia arvensis

Sherardia arvensis

Sherardia arvensis

Sherardia arvensis

Rubia tenuifolia d'Urv.

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Rubia tenuifolia d'Urv.

Μοιάζει με την Rubia peregrina, but woody except for the ultimate branches; leaves usually smaller, antrorsely scabridulous or almost smooth on margins; partial inflorescences only axillary, rather dense, not or scarcely exceeding leaves; corolla cream or greenish.

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Rubia tenuifolia

Rubia tenuifolia

Rubia tenuifolia

Rubia tenuifolia

 

Rubia tenuifolia

Rubia tenuifolia

Crucianella latifolia L.

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Crucianella latifolia L.

Slender annual 10–30 cm tall, erect from an often ascending base. Stem simple or sparingly branched, quadrangular, retrorsely puberulent at least below. Leaves in whorls of (4–)6, the lowest short and obovate, the middle and upper 10–22 mm, linear-lanceolate. Terminal spike long (generally 6–12 cm), narrow, rather lax at least below. Bracts lanceolate with broad hyaline margins, connate for 1/4 or more. Corolla 5–7.5 mm, somewhat exceeding subtending bract, 4-merous, cream to yellowish-brown. Mericarps finely granulate.

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Crucianella latifolia

Crucianella latifolia

 

Crucianella latifolia

Valantia muralis L.

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Valantia muralis L.

Resembling Valantia hispida, but often smaller; stem glabrous below, sparsely hispid above; covering of fruit 3-horned, fimbriate with ± hooked bristles but not hispid; mericarp usually solitary, smooth.

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Valantia muralis

Valantia muralis

Valantia hispida L.

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Valantia hispida L.

Small annual, usually branched from base, procumbent to suberect, 5–20 cm, ± hispid throughout, especially above. Leaves in whorls of 4, spathulate to oblong-oblanceolate, finally often reflexed. Flowers minute, in short, 3-flowered axillary cymes, the central flower hermaphrodite and 4-merous, the lateral male and 3-merous, usually yellowish. Peduncles and pedicels recurved, coalescent and accrescent at fruiting time, covering the fruit as a strongly hispid crest; lateral horns lacking. Mericarps usually 2, papillose to hispidulous.

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Valantia hispida

Valantia hispida

Valantia hispida

Galium aparine L. (Κολλητσίδα)

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Γάλιον η απαρίνη (Galium aparine L.)

Annual. Stems weak, scrambling, moderately branched, 20–80 cm long and 2–4 mm wide, retrorsely aculeolate on angles. Leaves in whorls of 6–8, usually 20–30 × 2–6 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, retrorsely aculeolate on margins, tapering to a hyaline arista. Inflorescence diffuse, consisting of 2–7-flowered axillary cymes usually exceeding subtending leaves. Corolla 1.5–2 mm in diam., whitish. Mericarps 3–5 mm, densely hispid with hooked setae arising from a tubercle-like base.

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Galium aparine

Galium aparine

Galium aparine