Galium divaricatum is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name Lamarck's bedstraw.
Distribution The plant is native to the Mediterranean Basin and the Black Sea region, from Portugal and Morocco to Turkey and Crimea; as well as the Macaronesia archipelago.
It has naturalized in Belgium, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and scattered locations in the mainland United States.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Galium divaricatumBiota of North America Program Galium divaricatumAltervista Flora Italiana, Galium divaricatum
Description Galium divaricatum is a small annual herb with thin spreading stems up to 30 centimeters long. The small, pointed leaves are arranged in whorls of up to eight about the stem.
It bears white flowers. The fruit is a hairless nutlet.Jepson Manual TreatmentLamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1788. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 2(2): 580–581Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
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External links Photo of specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri, Galium divaricatum USDA Plants Profile Photo gallery Tela Botanica, Galium divaricatum