CHR 505811 – Galium verum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 505811
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
05 October 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Galium verum L.
Determiner:
O'Brien N
Identification date:
1992-03-06 (Verbatim: 6-MAR-1992)
Preferred name:
Galium verum L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rubiales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch, Avonhead, 395 Memorial Avenue, 'Avice Hill' Herb Garden
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.5061 172.561
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Avonhead, 395 Memorial Avenue, `Avice Hill' Herb Garden
Verbatim collector:
O'Brien N 92/2
Standardised collector:
Neil O'Brien
Verbatim date:
6-MAR-1992
Start date:
1992-03-06
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
M36 (WGS84 -43.681383 172.503782)
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
`Lady's bedstraw'. Perennial, dense branching, creeping habit. Leaves very narrow, prominent underside veins. Flowers small, bright yellow. Used as styptic and tranquillizer, as rennet in cheese-making, and roots for red dye.
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