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17. Galium asperuloides Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 20: 61. 1846. Ehrend. in Koie & Rech. f., l.c. 140; Kitam., Fauna & Fl. Nap. Him. 230. 1955; Fl. Afgh. 368. 1960; Pl. W. Pak. & Afgh. 136. 1964.

S. NAZIMUDDIN AND M. QAISER

  • Galium triflorum Hook. E

    Erect or decumbent annual herb, stems smooth, quadrangular. Leaves sessile, petiolate, 6-8 in a whorl, 2–5 (–9) x 0.4-1 (–1.5) cm, narrowly elliptic, lanceolate or obovate, spathulate or broadly elliptic, acute, acuminate or apiculate, midrib distinct, glabrous, margins scabridulous. Inflorescence a few flowered terminal cyme, peduncles and pedicels mostly slender, glabrous; flowers minute, corolla white, bracts linear. Fruit c. 2 mm long, globose, covered with long hooked bristles, pedicel enlarged up to 5 mm in fruit.

    In our area two varieties can be distinguished.


    1 Leaves sessile, elliptic or lanceolate   17 Galium asperuloides var. asperuloides
    + Leaves petiolate, obovate-spathulate   17 Galium asperuloides var. hoffmeisteri

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