Galium album Mill., 1768

Common names

🇬🇧 White Bedstraw
🇫🇷 Gaillet blanc, Gaillet dressé

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Rubieae
Genus: Galium
Species: Galium album

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with G. mollugo L., 1753, which has smaller flowers (⌀ ≤ 3 mm) and wider leaves (> 4 mm), while G. album has larger flowers (⌀ > 3 mm) and narrower leaves (≤ 4 mm).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

G. album subsp. album Mill., 1768, P;
G. album subsp. amani Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., 1979;
G. album subsp. prusense (K.Koch) Ehrend. & Krendl, 1974;
G. album subsp. pycnotrichum (Heinr.Braun) Krendl, 1967;
G. album subsp. suberectum (Klokov) E.Michálk., 1993.

Hybridizes with:

G. arenarium Loisel., 1806 to produce G. × neglectum Le Gall ex Gren., 1850, P;
G. verum L., 1753 to produce G. × pomeranicum Retz., 1795, P.

Photographs

img/galium-album-2.webp — *Galium album*

img/galium-album-3.webp — *Galium album*

img/galium-album-4.webp — *Galium album*

img/galium-album-5.webp — *Galium album* - Leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1025). Biotope.