Rubiaceae FAMILY
Galium spurium
Galium spurium
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Galium spurium is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.75 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to N. Africa and W. Asia.
HabitatPlants are doubtfully native in Britain but are well established in arable fields in Essex and in a few other scattered localities[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].