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Specimen #278539

Taxon:	Galium mollugo L. ("Hedge Bedstraw")
Other name:	Galium erectum
Filed in taxon folder:	Galium erectum
Collected by:	Mr George Claridge Druce
Collection date:	7/1900
Locality:	Great Britain, VC24 Buckinghamshire, Ashton
ex herb:	Mr George Claridge Druce Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Documented by hallucigenia following initial work by keith barnett on 27^th July 2009.

Edit history

date	user	change
05/10/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted locality: [illegible]
05/10/2010	hallucigenia	Added locality: GB VC24 Ashton [illegible]
05/10/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted attribute flowerField: fruiting
05/10/2010	hallucigenia	Added attribute flowerField: flowering
06/10/2010	hallucigenia	Deleted determination (orig): Galium erectum
06/10/2010	hallucigenia	Added determination (orig): Galium erectum
06/10/2010	hallucigenia	Added determination (orig): Galium mollugo

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hallucigenia wrote

Could these two be different variety's? The R/H specimens appears to be less swollen under the nodes, less sparser overall, the L/H specimen seems to be more 'bushier' and flowering more to the top of the plant? L/H mollugo R/H erectum ?

[Mike d'Apice]

Probably changed again but isn't G. erectum as a species subsumed into /renamed G. mollugo so the latter should be the preferred name?

Re subspecies - its a bit hard to see clearly enough but all three seem to have obovate leaves and the ends cuspidate rather than linear-lanceolate mucronate so favouring mollugo,,,re the panicles - the LH one seems to be marginally narrower (More erectum) but suspect due to loss of petals... none seem to have particularly spreading branches on their panicles so favouring erectum for all 3.. From fruit size looks as though the LH one is smaller so indeed mollugo and RH erectum ..... Good luck - I'd give up at species!