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Galium aparine

Description:

An herbaceous plant with whorled leaves and underwinged stems covered by rigid needles. The inflorescences are multifloral cymous terminations of small white coloured flowers. The fruit is pilous.

Habitat:

Grows in paths and disturbed zones.

Notes:

Maltese name: Harxajja Komuni

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2 Comments

MarikaMartinez
MarikaMartinez 10 years ago

updated, thank you!

Tomas Koubek
Tomas Koubek 10 years ago

This is very probably Galium...

MarikaMartinez
Spotted by
MarikaMartinez

Valletta, Malta, Malta

Spotted on May 20, 2013
Submitted on May 22, 2013

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