Minggu, 20 Juni 2010

The Nordic Bedstraw

Nordic bedstraw (Galium boreale) is a plant belonging to the sterbladigenfamilie (Rubiaceae). It is a plant of meadows on moist, moderately rich soil. The plant is native to the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere. In the Netherlands, the plant in the Biesbosch. The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as very rare and stable or increased.

The plant is 15-50 cm high, creeping rhizomes and forms a square, upright stems. The 1.5 to 4 cm long, lanceolate leaves are drienervig have a blunt tip and are in whorls of four to the stem. Serration on the edge omgerold.

Nordic bedstraw flowers from June to August from 2.5 to 4 mm with large white flowers. The flower has no or a very short crown tube. The anthers are yellowish.

The 1.5-2 mm long, brown fruit is a two-part split fruit and is usually filled with straight or curved, short bristles.

Nordic bedstraw is distinguished from other species in the same genus drienervige leaves.




Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noords_walstro

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