Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 1032, Galium trifidum var. columbianum  
 

 

Home Page
If you have a question or a comment about this photograph you may write to me at: tomas@schweich.com I sometimes post interesting questions in my FAQ, but I never disclose your full name or address.
  Rubiaceae Galium trifidum columbianum
Photographed 24 July 2013.

Coll. No. 1032, 24 Jul 2013, characters observed while keying: Annual or Perennial unknown, Weak, sprawling herb, climbing or trailing, with slender branches, green in color; Stem, to 70 cm., not woody, sparse hooked prickles (described by Munz, 1965, as “±retrorsely scabrous”); Leaves ±sessile, ±equal, in whorls or 5 or 6, distal-most opposite, obovate to oblanceolate, 10-17 mm. × 2-3 mm. wide, entire, thin and flat in cross-section, ±glabrous, to slightly puberulent on adaxial surface; Inflorescence branchlets thread-like; Pedicel, slender, spreading; Flowers terminal, bisexual, many, much exserted from leaves; Corolla rotate, lobes 4, divided 1/2 to base, color white with dark spots; Fruit, 2, spheric, width pair < 4 mm., hairless.

Article records that use this photograph:

Other photos about Species or Rubiaceae Galium trifidum columbianum.

 


[Home Page]

Date and time this page was prepared: 11/3/2024 5:39:25 PM