Galium parisiense
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Galium parisiense is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family
known by the common name wall bedstraw. It is native to Europe and it is known in some other parts of the world, including the west coast of the United States, as an introduced species
. It often grows in rocky habitat. In developed environments it is a "wall specialist", easily taking hold in historic stone walls. It is an annual herb producing lightly hairy, very thin, erect stems 15 to 25 centimeters tall. The stem is ringed with whorls of six narrow leaves each a few millimeters long, often reflexed down toward the stem. It is topped with an open inflorescence
of many clusters of tiny white or purplish-tinged flowers. The fruit is a nutlet usually coated in hooked hairs.
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
known by the common name wall bedstraw. It is native to Europe and it is known in some other parts of the world, including the west coast of the United States, as an introduced species
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
. It often grows in rocky habitat. In developed environments it is a "wall specialist", easily taking hold in historic stone walls. It is an annual herb producing lightly hairy, very thin, erect stems 15 to 25 centimeters tall. The stem is ringed with whorls of six narrow leaves each a few millimeters long, often reflexed down toward the stem. It is topped with an open inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
of many clusters of tiny white or purplish-tinged flowers. The fruit is a nutlet usually coated in hooked hairs.