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Galium glaucum or waxy bedstraw is a plant species of the Rubiaceae. It is native to central Europe from Portugal to Ukraine, and sparingly naturalized in a few locations in North America (Quebec, Ontario, Connecticut and New Jersey).[1][2][3]

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Waxy bedstraw
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Galium
Species:	G. glaucum
Binomial name
Galium glaucum L.
Synonyms[1]
Asperula glauca (L.) Besser Asperula galioides var. glauca (L.) Nyman

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized:[1]

• Galium glaucum subsp. australe Franco - Spain and Portugal
• Galium glaucum subsp. glaucum - France to Ukraine
• Galium glaucum subsp. murcicum (Boiss. & Reut.) O.Bolòs & Vigo - southeastern Spain

References

External links

• Media related to Galium glaucum at Wikimedia Commons
• Tela Botanica
• Naturspaziergang, Galium glaucum / Blaugrünes Labkraut
• Syringa, Blaugrüner Waldmeister, Galium glaucum "Hohenhewen"
• Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, waxy bedstraw

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