Species

Galium murale

Etymology

Galium: From the Greek galo 'milk', the leaves of Galium verum being used in the past to curdle milk

Family

Rubiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

GALMUR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Green,White

Year Naturalised

1946

Origin

Mediterranean region, S.W. Europe

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010