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Galium macedonicum

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Common name

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Scientific name

Galium macedonicum Krendl

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria¹.

Description and identification

Galium macedonicum is a perennial herbaceous plant.

Stems 30–80 cm.

Leaves 6-8 in whorl, 10-18 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, large, linear, shortly acuminate, with a straight axil 2-4 times shorter than the leaf width.

Corolla 4-5 mm in diameter, yellowish; lobes oblong-ovate, strongly filiform at the apex.

Flowering June-July, fr. July-August².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Map of distribution in Bulgaria of Galium macedonicum by floristic regions³ (in green):

General distribution

Bulgaria, Greece (northern regions), North Macedonia⁴.

References

1 Bulgarian Biodiversity Act in english.

2 Анчев, М. 1989. В: Флора на Народна Република България. Том IХ. София.

3 Стоянов К., Райчева Цв. & Чешмеджиев И. 2022. Определител на местни и чужди растения в България. Академично издателство на Аграрния университет, Пловдив. ISBN 978-954-517-313-4 www.botanica.gallery [публикуван на 25.06.2022, последна актуализация 01.07.2025] - CC-BY-NC-4.0.

4 Анчев, М. 1989. В: Флора на Народна Република България. Том IХ. София.