7b. Galium boreale var. boreale
北方拉拉藤(原变种) bei fang la la teng (yuan bian zhong)
Galium boreale var. vulgare Turczaninow.
Leaf blade narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1-3.9 mm wide, glabrous. Ovary and mericarps densely hirsute or tomentose with slightly curved, white trichomes. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Jun-Oct.
Forests, thickets, or tussocks on mountain slopes, ditch sides, grasslands, meadows; 700-3900 m. Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang [India, Korea, Pakistan, Russia; Europe, North America].